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Abelardo Morell — Camera Obscura Image of the Sea in Attic, Marblehead, Massachusetts
Abelardo Morell

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.

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April 2, 2025

Lot 136

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Abelardo Morell, 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.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Conceptual Photography, Large Format Photography, Conceptual, American, Photograph, Cuban-American Artist, Dreamlike and ethereal, Gelatin Silver Print, Camera obscura technique, Camera Obscura, Interior, Landscape And Seascape, Optical Illusion, Ocean, Contemporary 20th-21st century, Interior-exterior fusion, Sea, Meditative aesthetic, Black and White, Contemporary

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Derek Jones