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Cape Canaveral, Moon Launch

Joel Meyerowitz

Artwork Details

Cape Canaveral, Moon Launch
1968
Joel Meyerowitz
gelatin silver print on paper
11 in x 13 15/16 in (27.94 cm x 35.4 cm);16 in x 20 in (40.64 cm x 50.8 cm)
Gift of Selma & Gerald Lotenberg
2000/2.158.9

Description

Subject Matter:

In this nocturnal photograph, a young man and woman sit on top of a sedan parked in a clearing on the side of an unpaved road. The woman sits on the front hood of the car with her feet dangling, while the man sits in a folding chair set atop the roof of the car. The foreground of the image is illuminated frontally by a bright light. A sparse grouping of tall palm trees rise vertically in the brightly lit middleground.

Physical Description:

Photograph of a man in a folding chair on the roof and woman on the hood of a sedan at night in a forest setting.

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