“The world doesn’t resemble my photos”, even though the subject of her photos is the world, whether the pyramids in Egypt, the waterfalls in Venezuela, the ice in Greenland, the wide expanses of sand in China, or the temples in Palmyra, Syria. The American Lynn Davis (born in 1944) observes things from afar in order to underline their grandeur. Hers are symbolic and metaphorical journeys to places where humans are forced to question themselves about the very essence of phenomena.
The perfection of her images from a photographic point of view (Davis began her career apprenticed to Berenice Abbot) leads viewers to ask themselves about the nature of what happens: about life and death, the deepest meaning of existence. In her black and white photos, the outcome of observation pondered over time, the clarity of the material exalts the form of the subjects. And so we breathe in profound spirituality, a spirituality underlined by a particular use of light.
(see biography)
Angela Madesani
Tomb of Xiaoling, outside Beijing, China #19 – 2001
selenium and gold toned gelatin silver print
71,12 x 71,12 cm
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Crescent moon spring Dunhuang, China – 2001
selenium and gold toned gelatin silver print
71,1 x 215,3 cm
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Cemetery Steps, Dunhuang, China #10 – 2001
selenium and gold toned gelatin silver print
101,6 x 101,6 cm
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Palace, Syria – 1996
selenium and gold toned gelatin gold print
101,6 x 101,6 cm
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Iran # 7, Zoroastrian Towers of Silence, Yazd – 2001
gelatin silver enlargement print, toned with sepia, mounted onto archival board, ed. 1/10
101,6 x 101,6 cm
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China #20, Ancient City of Gaochang, Buddhist Temple, Turpan – 2001
gelatin silver enlargement print, toned with sepia and selenium, mounted onto archival board, ed. 2/10 –
71,1 x 71,1 cm
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India # 2, Virupaksha Temple, Hampi – 2007
gelatin silver enlargement print, toned with gold, mounted onto archival board, ed. 1/10
101,6 x 101,6 cm
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Iran #45, Zoroastrian Site, Towers of Silence, Yazd – 2001
gelatin silver enlargement print, toned with sepia, mounted onto archival board, ed. 1/10
101,6 x 101,6 cm
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Africa #13, Bent Pyramid, Dashur, Cairo, Egypt – 1997
gelatin silver enlargement print, toned with sepia and selenium, mounted onto archival board, ed. 3/10
101,6 x 101,6 cm
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Iran #35, Zoroastrian Fire Temple, Isfahan – 2001
gelatin silver enlargement print, toned with sepia, mounted onto archival board, ed. 1/10
101,6 x 101,6 cm
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Iran # 9, Ice House – 2001
gelatin silver enlargement print, toned with sepia, mounted onto archival board, ed. 1/10
101,6 x 101,6 cm
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China #15, Pagoda Dunhuang – 2001
gelatin silver enlargement print, toned with sepia and selenium, mounted onto archival board, ed. 1/10
91,4 x 91,4 cm
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India # 9, Jantar Mantar, Delhi – 2007
gelatin silver enlargement print, toned with gold, mounted onto archival board, ed. 1/10
101,6 x 101,6 cm
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India #14, Bahá’í Temple, Delhi – 2007
gelatin silver enlargement print, toned with gold, mounted onto archival board, ed. 1/10
101,6 x 101,6 cm
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Iran # 8, Ice House, Road to Shiraz – 2001
gelatin silver enlargement print, toned with sepia, mounted onto archival board, ed. 1/10
101,6 x 101,6 cm
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Iran #22, Untitled – 2001
gelatin silver enlargement print, toned with gold, mounted onto archival board, ed. 1/10
71,1 x 71,1 cm
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Iran #23, Zoroastrian Towers of Silence, Yazd – 2001
gelatin silver enlargement print, toned with sepia, mounted onto archival board, ed. 1/10
91,4 x 91,4 cm
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Iran #24, Bam (Destroyed December 26, 2003) – 2001
gelatin silver enlargement print, toned with sepia, mounted onto archival board, ed. 2/10
101,6 x 101,6 cm
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Iran #32, Tomb of Holy Man Haji, Road from Yazd – 2001
gelatin silver enlargement print, toned with sepia, mounted onto archival board, ed. 1/10
101,6 x 101,6 cm
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installation view
Studio la Città 2011-2012
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