Glass House

by James Welling

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Auteur(s)

Noam Elcott, Sylvia Lavin, James Welling

Uitgever

Bologna : Damiani editore, 2010

Omvang

96 p., geïllustreerd, 22 x 33 cm.

ISBN

9788862081610

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Over the course of three years, from 2006 to 2009, James Welling photographed the Glass House, the architectural landmark estate that Philip Johnson built in New Canaan, Connecticut, in 1949. Welling's photos offer a decided departure from the familiar views of the house and grounds: using digital cameras set on a tripod and holding a variety of filters in front of the lens, he created tinted veils and distortions that transformed the image at the moment of exposure, endowing it with powerful swells of glowing color. As Welling described it in an interview with Artforum, the use of filters enabled his project to become "a laboratory for ideas about transparency, reflectivity and color."

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Persoon als onderwerp

Philip Johnson, James Welling

Trefwoorden

photography , glass architecture , modernism

Locatie in de bibliotheek

Kast 15 - 3: Architectuur en Kunst

Extra thema's

Architecture and Art

Opmerkingen

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