Ephemera # 98
Photograph
2002 (photographed)
2002 (photographed)
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Barbara and Zafer Baran collaborate to make striking images of botanical specimens using digital scanning techniques and ink-jet printing. They place the specimens directly onto the scanner. Light passes through the transparent leaves and petals of the plants to reveal a luminous inner structure. Close-ups of high magnification appear like views of the cosmos seen through a telescope, or bacteria seen through a microscope.
These cameraless images are reminiscent of the photograms of early photographers such as William Henry Fox Talbot and Anna Atkins, made by simply placing objects between light-sensitive paper or film and a light source.
These cameraless images are reminiscent of the photograms of early photographers such as William Henry Fox Talbot and Anna Atkins, made by simply placing objects between light-sensitive paper or film and a light source.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Ephemera # 98 (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Ink-jet printing, digital imaging |
| Brief description | 'Ephemera # 98', 2002, photograph by Barbara and Zafer Baran |
| Physical description | Image of a botanical form, very pale and luminous clusters of feather-like material (possibly derived from dandelion clocks) scattered over a circular dark background. |
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| Gallery label | Cameraless Photography
Barbara and Zafer Baran (b.1956 and 1955)
Ephemera #98
2002
Pigment print
105 x 87.5 cm (framed)
Given by the artists
Museum no. E.340-2005
As its title suggest, the Ephemera series is concerned with the issues of transience and permanence. The works consciously refer back to the nineteenth century botanical photograms of Talbot and Atkins, retaining the spirit of their enquiry but updating the photogram techniques with digital technology. |
| Credit line | Given by the photographers |
| Summary | Barbara and Zafer Baran collaborate to make striking images of botanical specimens using digital scanning techniques and ink-jet printing. They place the specimens directly onto the scanner. Light passes through the transparent leaves and petals of the plants to reveal a luminous inner structure. Close-ups of high magnification appear like views of the cosmos seen through a telescope, or bacteria seen through a microscope. These cameraless images are reminiscent of the photograms of early photographers such as William Henry Fox Talbot and Anna Atkins, made by simply placing objects between light-sensitive paper or film and a light source. |
| Bibliographic reference | Baran, Barbara and Baran, Zafer. Ephemera. London: The Blue Gallery, 2003. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.340-2005 |
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| Record created | May 23, 2005 |
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