Sunburned GSP #140 (San Francisco Bay)

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Sunburned GSP #140 (San Francisco Bay)

2007

Chris McCaw (American, born 1971)

To make this picture, Chris McCaw placed photographic paper directly into his camera and pointed it at the sun, leaving the shutter open for many hours. The intense light and heat produced over the duration of the exposure scorched the emulsion. Here, the word sunburn describes both the photograph’s subject matter and the physical damage sustained by a piece of gelatin silver paper.

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Object Details

Title:

Sunburned GSP #140 (San Francisco Bay)
From the series Sunburn

Date:

2007

Artist:

Chris McCaw (American, born 1971)

Medium:

Gelatin silver paper negative

Dimensions:

Image and sheet: 10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm)

Classification:

Photographs

Credit Line:

Purchased with the James D. Crawford and Judith N. Dean Fund, 2008

Accession Number:

2008-99-2

Geography:

Photograph taken in California, San Francisco Bay, United States, North and Central America

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