Darkroom Still Life
1918
- Medium
- Platinum print
- Dimensions
- 20.2 × 15.7 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-549057
This still-life assembly of mortar, pestle, bottles, vial, and developing tray evokes the element of alchemy in photography. These objects immediately refer to the practice of medicine and to its potential power to stimulate the body's regenerative processes. In a related way, photography can be understood as the artist measuring and applying certain powders and liquids to create an image, one with the power to heal the spirit and to nourish and give life to the imagination and the soul. By photographing the tools of her medium in this arrangement, Doris Ulmann made a concise, eloquent statement aligning photography with a fundamental need to enrich life's experience through art.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Registry history
- 1918 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — photographs
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