
Providence, Rhode Island from Space2
A young woman merges with the peeling, decayed walls of an abandoned interior, her blurred figure dissolving into the texture of the crumbling surface. Woodman's long exposure technique renders the body ghostlike and transient, evoking themes of disappearance, identity, and the fragile boundary between self and environment. The stark black-and-white tones of the gelatin silver print intensify the haunting atmosphere, capturing a sense of vulnerability and impermanence within a deteriorating domestic space.
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
A Constant Pursuit: Photographs from the Collection of Ed Cohen & Victoria Shaw
October 4, 2018
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