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Timothy O'Sullivan — Black Cañon, looking above from Mirror Bar
Timothy O'Sullivan

Black Cañon, looking above from Mirror Bar

1871

Reflected canyon walls create a mirror-like symmetry in this view upstream through Black Canyon's narrow gorge. O'Sullivan's technical mastery captures the interplay of light and shadow that transforms the Colorado River into a ribbon of liquid silver.

Medium
Albumen print, from the album "Geographical & Geological Explorations & Surveys West of the 100th Meridian," vol. 2

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Timothy O'Sullivan, Black Cañon, looking above from Mirror Bar, 1871

Reflected canyon walls create a mirror-like symmetry in this view upstream through Black Canyon's narrow gorge. O'Sullivan's technical mastery captures the interplay of light and shadow that transforms the Colorado River into a ribbon of liquid silver.

Medium
Albumen print, from the album "Geographical & Geological Explorations & Surveys West of the 100th Meridian," vol. 2
Year
1871
Seen at
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

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Monochrome, Albumen Print, Documentary, American, Photograph, Landscape, Western, Survey, 1870s, Canyon

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