Ephemera # 179
Photograph
2002 (photographed)
2002 (photographed)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
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
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Ephemera # 179 (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Ink-jet printing, digital imaging |
| Brief description | 'Ephemera # 179', 2002, photograph by Barbara and Zafer Baran |
| Physical description | Image of a flower head, perhaps a sweet pea, with three semi-opaque petals showing delicate veining and denser, single stamen in the centre. |
| Dimensions |
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| Gallery label | Cameraless Photography
Barbara and Zafer Baran (b.1956 and 1955)
Ephemera #179
2002
Pigment print
99 x 87.5 cm (framed)
Given by the artists
Museum no. E.341-2005
Despite the possibility for digital manipulation with scannergrams, Barbara and Zafer Baran rarely alter the images aside from basic cropping. The colours and compositions are formed directly on the scanner plate. |
| Credit line | Given by the photographers |
| Subject depicted | |
| 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.341-2005 |
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| Record created | May 23, 2005 |
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