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Cornwall Peonies

John Dugdale

Artwork Details

Cornwall Peonies
2002
John Dugdale
albumen silver print on paper
16 x 13 ½ x 1 ½ in. (40.64 x 34.29 x 3.81 cm)
Museum Purchase made possible by the Harry Denham Trust
2003/1.380

Description

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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