
Mission Façade
Mission Façade is a striking gelatin silver print by James Casebere, in which the artist constructs and photographs an elaborately detailed architectural model of a Spanish colonial mission building. Casebere's signature technique of building small-scale tabletop sets and lighting them to mimic reality blurs the boundary between the actual and the fabricated. The resulting monochromatic image evokes a sense of stillness and timelessness, inviting viewers to question the nature of photography as a document of truth.
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Photographs Evening & Day
October 5, 2016
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