Fifteen Minute Moon
Almond belongs to a particularly British confraternity of artists and writers—reaching back to Wordsworth and the Romantic poets—chiefly concerned with the passage of time. At first glance this work seems to be a straightforward picture of a landscape permeated by morning fog. However, Almond made this photograph during a full moon on a particularly clear night. As a result of dramatically expanding the film’s exposure from a fraction of a second to fifteen minutes, darkness is washed in a warm white light, punctuated by a glowing river in the middle distance, which is, in fact, the trace of car headlights on the highway.
Artwork Details
- Title: Fifteen Minute Moon
- Artist: Darren Almond (British, born Appley Bridge, 1971)
- Date: 2000
- Medium: Chromogenic print
- Dimensions: Frame: 49 5/8 × 49 3/8 in. (126 × 125.4 cm)
- Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2001
- Object Number: 2001.212
- Rights and Reproduction: © Darren Almond 1998
- Curatorial Department: Photographs
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