Life Hours (4)
Photograph
2019 (made)
2019 (made)
This photograph is from the series, "Generation". To create this image McKenna embossed a piece of photographic paper using a vintage textile made and worn by women, to create ‘photographic rubbings’ or ‘reliefs’. She then exposed the relief to light using only a flashlight, resulting in an image that is physically and visual textured. McKenna calls the resulting photograms ‘representational photographs’; images that are less connected to traditional photographic ideas relating to ‘taking’ pictures, instead privileging the elements of magic, risk and experimentation that are intrinsic to the photographic medium.
Object details
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| Title | Life Hours (4) (assigned by artist) |
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| Brief description | Photogram by Klea McKenna, 'Life Hours (4)', 2019 |
| Physical description | Grey toned photogram of a piece of textured, lace-like fabric. |
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| Gallery label | Known and Strange: Photographs from the Collection (2021-2022)
Photography Centre, Gallery 101
Klea McKenna (born 1980)
Life Hours (4) from the series Generation
2019
Although photography is mainly a visual medium, sometimes other senses like touch feed into its creation. To make this image, McKenna pressed a piece of vintage fabric against light-sensitive paper to create a ‘photographic rubbing’. She then exposed it to torchlight, resulting in a unique image that is physically and visual textured. McKenna calls the resulting photogram a ‘representational photograph’ – an image that is less connected to traditional photographic ideas around ‘taking’ pictures, and more about the elements of experimentation and tangible magic that are intrinsic to the process.
Gelatin silver photogram
Gift of Jim and Ruth Grover
Museum no. E.927-2019 |
| Credit line | Gift of Jim and Ruth Grover |
| Summary | This photograph is from the series, "Generation". To create this image McKenna embossed a piece of photographic paper using a vintage textile made and worn by women, to create ‘photographic rubbings’ or ‘reliefs’. She then exposed the relief to light using only a flashlight, resulting in an image that is physically and visual textured. McKenna calls the resulting photograms ‘representational photographs’; images that are less connected to traditional photographic ideas relating to ‘taking’ pictures, instead privileging the elements of magic, risk and experimentation that are intrinsic to the photographic medium. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.927-2019 |
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| Record created | May 20, 2019 |
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