
Camera Obscura Image of the Sea in Attic, Marblehead, Massachusetts
In this gelatin silver print, Abelardo Morell transforms an attic space into a camera obscura, projecting a live image of the sea onto the interior walls and floor of a Marblehead, Massachusetts building. The photograph captures the ethereal quality of light refracted through a small aperture, creating an inverted seascape that hovers ghostlike within the domestic architecture. Morell's conceptual approach merges historical optical principles with contemporary photographic practice, inviting viewers to contemplate the relationship between perception, space, and the mechanical act of image making.
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
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April 2, 2025
Lot 136
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