
Swings, Catskill Mountains, New York
A serene and minimalist black-and-white photograph by Michael Kenna captures a row of empty swings suspended in a quiet, misty landscape of the Catskill Mountains. The warm sepia and selenium toning adds a timeless, melancholic quality to the image, evoking a sense of absence and stillness. Kenna's masterful use of light and shadow transforms the mundane playground equipment into a poetic meditation on solitude and the passage of time.
- Medium
- Sepia and selenium toned gelatin silver print, printed 1987.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy of Giving Something Foundation
October 3, 2017
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