Jérusalem, Porte de Jaffa, Intérieur

Printer Imprimerie photographique de Blanquart-Évrard, à Lille French

1854

Not on view

Viewed at random, Salzmann’s 174 photographs of Jerusalem appear to vacillate between expansive landscapes and tightly cropped studies. When read in sequence, however, they reveal a systematic visual language. In a manner derived from architectural illustrations, Salzmann begins with a general view of a site and its immediate topography. He then moves closer and closer to a given structure until only a fragment appears in the frame. Multiple angles of a monument provide a sense of the edifice in the round, as with his serial study of the Jaffa Gate. Beginning with views from the interior (as seen here) and exterior, the series concludes with a shadowed inscription beneath the gate’s arch.

Artwork Details

Title: Jérusalem, Porte de Jaffa, Intérieur
Artist: Auguste Salzmann (French, 1824–1872)
Printer: Imprimerie photographique de Blanquart-Évrard, à Lille (French, active 1851–55)
Date: 1854
Medium: Salted paper print from paper negative
Dimensions: Image: 31.9 x 23.1 cm (12 9/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
Mount: 59.6 x 44.9 cm (23 7/16 x 17 11/16 in.)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005
Object Number: 2005.100.373.137
Curatorial Department: Photographs

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