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A black and white photograph of a pond with dense trees in the upper third of the composition r…
Labrador
A black and white photograph of a pond with dense trees in the upper third of the composition r…
A black and white photograph of a pond with dense trees in the upper third of the composition reflected in the water. The embankment juts up at a diagonal from the bottom left, while another embankment moves horizontally into the composition at the center right with reed-like stalks protruding from the water at the center.
Labrador, Philip Perkis, 2003, gelatin silver print, Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, © Philip Perkis.

Labrador

Date2003
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 18 × 16 inches (45.7 × 40.6 cm)
Matted: 24 × 20 inches (61 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Levitt.
Object number2004.27.1
On View
Not on view
Copyright© Philip Perkis. The images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label Text“What I can do if I’m interested is to go out and look for ‘myself’, for a correspondence to the infinite variety of spaces, textures, light, air, movement, life and death, that is everywhere in the natural world.” Philip Perkis After discovering photography while serving in the United States Air Force during the 1950s, Philip Perkis went on to produce works of haunting beauty noted for their openness and interest in light. Perkis remains faithful to traditional techniques ̶ using a Leica camera, shooting horizontally, and producing black and white prints. Philip Perkis is Professor Emeritus at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. He is author of Teaching Photography, Notes Assembled (2001).
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