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Akron Nightscape # 1 (The River)

1986
(American, b. 1951)
America, 20th century
chromogenic process color print (Ektacolor)
Image: 35.8 x 46.7 cm (14 1/8 x 18 3/8 in.); Paper: 40.5 x 50.7 cm (15 15/16 x 19 15/16 in.); Matted: 71.1 x 81.3 cm (28 x 32 in.)
Herbert Ascherman, Jr., May Show Purchase Award for Photography, 1990 1987.69
Location: not on view
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In the late 1970s, Penny Rakoff began to make nocturnal color photographs exploring both the effects of artificial light and the technical properties of her medium. In Akron Nightscape #1 (The River), she used a long exposure to record the various lights illuminating the water's edge and the distant city. The image suggests a mysterious, forlorn landscape, existing somewhere between night and day.
Akron Nightscape # 1 (The River)

Akron Nightscape # 1 (The River)

1986

Penny Rakoff

(American, b. 1951)
America, 20th century

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