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Akron Nightscape # 1 (The River)

1986

Penny Rakoff

(American, b. 1951)
Culture
America
Medium
chromogenic process color print (Ektacolor)
Measurements
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.)
Credit Line
Herbert Ascherman Jr., May Show Purchase Award for Photography, 1990 1987.69
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

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)

1986

Penny Rakoff

(American, b. 1951)
America

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