Untitled

1987

Not on view

Distortion, abstraction, concealment. Such qualities are unexpected in portraiture, yet Ellen Carey exploits the photographic medium to create surprising versions of herself. Working with a large-format Polaroid camera, Carey produces a dazzling image of her “unconscious self”; the result appears computer generated, but she uses only low-tech colored lights, lenses, mirrors, and patterned overlays.

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Title: Untitled
Artist: Ellen Carey (American, born 1952)
Date: 1987
Medium: Instant dye diffusion transfer print (Polaroid 20x24)
Dimensions: Sheet: 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Gift of Sherman and Jacqueline Lowy Foundation, 1991
Object Number: 1991.1155
Curatorial Department: Photographs

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