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Cornwall Peonies

John Dugdale

Artwork Details

Cornwall Peonies
2002
John Dugdale
albumen silver print on paper
15 15/16 in x 13 1/2 in (40.48 cm x 34.29 cm);16 in x 13 7/16 in x 1 3/8 in (40.64 cm x 34.13 cm x 3.49 cm)
Museum Purchase made possible by the Harry Denham Trust
2003/1.380

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Subject Matter:

Partially blinded after two AIDS-related strokes in 1993, Dugdale turned from a career in commercial photography to fine art photography. He uses antique photographic techniques such as cyanotype, platinum, and albumen processes to print the negatives he makes with a large format camera from 1912. To set up his photographs, he relies mostly on touch, imagining his images before he creates them. 

Physical Description:

A still life of a vase of peonies. The image is tightly cropped and droplets of water are visible on the petals of the flowers. 

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