A black and white photograph of a space with a camera obscura image on the wall where a framed long horizontal photograph hangs above a wooden desk and chair. The inverted projected image is of the nearby area of Mill Valley in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The inverted multi story brick building structures on either side of the desk create an illusion of an alley or street. Rows of upside down arched windows converge to an unseen point on the wall. The wood grain of the desk and chair along with the floor board pattern are illuminated by the small source of light from the camera obscura.

Camera Obscura- Image of Mill Alley in Room with Desk, Lawrence, MA

Abelardo Morell

2002

Titles Camera Obscura- Image of Mill Alley in Room with Desk, Lawrence, MA (Proper)
Artist Abelardo Morell, American, born Cuba, born 1948
Medium gelatin silver print
Dimensions sheet: 36 3/4 × 44 3/4 in. (93.3 × 113.6 cm) image: 31 7/8 × 40 3/16 in. (81 × 102 cm)
Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; Gift of John Hagefstration, AFI.179.2020
Work Type photograph
Classification Photographs