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Buddha, Leshan, Sichuan, China

1986

Lois Conner

(American, b. 1951)
Culture
America
Medium
platinum print
Measurements
Image: 42.6 x 16 cm (16 3/4 x 6 5/16 in.); Paper: 46.5 x 21.8 cm (18 5/16 x 8 9/16 in.); Matted: 66 x 35.6 cm (26 x 14 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Friends of Photography 1996.308
Copyright
© Lois Conner
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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Did You Know?

This 233-foot-tall stone sculpture was carved by hand from a sandstone cliff.

Description

Inspired by the elongated scrolls of Chinese landscape painters, Lois Conner uses an antique view camera that yields 7-by-17-inch negatives, well suited to depicting this statue of Buddha. At the top of the image, we glimpse a modern city across the river through the haze. As our eye descends, it echoes the experience of the visitors who climb down to the feet of this ancient monument, built between 713 and 803. Sadly, the sculpture is now imperiled by weathering, air pollution, and the impact of tourists’ visits and, in fall 2020, was endangered by floodwaters.

Buddha, Leshan, Sichuan, China

1986

Lois Conner

(American, b. 1951)
America

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