Untitled
Photograph
2002 (photographed)
2002 (photographed)
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In the series Black Holes and Other Inconsistencies Edgar Martins explores the physicist Werner Heisenberg's 'Uncertainity Principle', which claims that things only exist if and when they are observed. Traditionally, photographs have been perceived as representations of the truth, and landscape something that exists independently of the viewer. In this unsettling photograph Edgar Martins argues with this, drawing attention to the improbability of fire on water.
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| Materials and techniques | C-type print |
| Brief description | 'Untitled', 2002 from the series 'Black Holes and Other Inconsistencies' by Edgar Martins (born Évora, Alentejo region, Portugal, 1977) |
| Physical description | Photograph of a fire on a lake. |
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| Credit line | Given by The Moth House |
| Production | Photographed in Alentejo, Portugal |
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| Summary | In the series Black Holes and Other Inconsistencies Edgar Martins explores the physicist Werner Heisenberg's 'Uncertainity Principle', which claims that things only exist if and when they are observed. Traditionally, photographs have been perceived as representations of the truth, and landscape something that exists independently of the viewer. In this unsettling photograph Edgar Martins argues with this, drawing attention to the improbability of fire on water. |
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| Accession number | E.395-2005 |
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| Record created | November 29, 2005 |
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