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Weathering the Storm

Photograph
ca. 1983 (made)
Artist/Maker
Williams, Elizabeth (photographer)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

A series of five photographs depicting rain drops and the reflection of trees in a water surface as a storm passes

Object details

Category
Photographs
Object type
Photograph
TitleWeathering the Storm (series title)
Materials and techniques
gelatin silver print
Brief description
20thC; Williams Elizabeth, Weathering the storm (1),c1983
Physical description
A series of five photographs depicting rain drops and the reflection of trees in a water surface as a storm passes
Dimensions
  • Paper height: 467mm
  • Paper width: 351mm
  • Image height: 420mm
  • Image width: 277mm
Gallery label
(20-5-2015)
Photo London: Beneath the Surface
Somerset House 20 May - 24 August

Elizabeth Williams (born 1949)
Weathering the Storm, about 1983

In this set of images, Williams photographed abstracted surfaces of water and deliberately avoided perspective.
The sequence documents the passage of a storm over time yet also evokes a shifting emotive narrative. Her variations on the same subject are intended as a contemplative
visual mantra.

Gelatin silver prints
V&A Museum nos. Ph.329 to 333–1987
Object history
Purchased from the photographer
Associated objects
Bibliographic reference
Chris Titterington, 'Landscape and the Fall', in: Aperture Magazine, no. 113, winter 1988, pp. 10, 16 Elizabeth Williams, Landscape Sequences: 1983-1986, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1986-7 Toward a Bigger Picture, Part 2, Victoria and Albert Museum, 30 November - 15 January 1989 Tien kunstenaars uit Oxford : 'under the arches', Leiden : Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal, [1982]
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
PH.329-1987

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1059287/weathering-the-storm-photograph-williams-elizabeth/
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