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Clarence John Laughlin American
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The placement of Laughlin's camera and the selective focus he employed make the mesh fence seem to vibrate and, in places, disappear. Thus, one bird seems to stand on our side of the fence, eyeing the other, asleep on its single leg, inside the cage.
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Title: Birds in Hyperspace
Artist:
Clarence John Laughlin (American, 1905–1985)
Date: 1935
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 34.6 x 25.9 cm (13 5/8 x 10 3/16 in.)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Ford Motor Company Collection, Gift of Ford Motor Company and John C. Waddell, 1987
Accession Number: 1987.1100.78
Rights and Reproduction: © Copyright The Historic New Orleans Collection. Neg. acc. no. 1983.47.1.385.
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