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4 Lb. Strawberries


Isaac Layman, 4 Lb. Strawberries, 2010, inkjet print, Museum Purchase: Funds provided by The Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Endowment for Northwest Art, © Isaac Layman, 2012.3.1

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Title

4 Lb. Strawberries

Artist

Isaac Layman (American, born 1977)

Date

2010

Medium

inkjet print

Edition

3/3 with 2 artist's proofs

Dimensions (H x W x D)

image/sheet: 55 in x 71 in

Collection Area

Photography; Northwest Art

Category

Photographs

Object Type

photograph

Culture

American

Credit Line

Museum Purchase: Funds provided by The Arlene and Harold Schnitzer Endowment for Northwest Art

Accession Number

2012.3.1

Copyright

© Isaac Layman

Terms

artists' proofs

food

fruit

inkjet prints

photographs

Description

Some of the earliest analog photographic processes, such as daguerreotypes and wet-collodion glass plate negatives, rendered exquisitely detailed pictures. Similarly, digital technologies celebrate fine detail. Layman uses digital processes to capture his subjects at striking scale, making even the most mundane objects monumental. Many of Layman's photographs feature vessels such as sinks, ovens, ice cube trays, and medicine cabinets. Here, the artist captures the bottom of a plastic container that once held strawberries. The detailed image combines aspects of hundreds of individual digital photographs taken with a 4 x 5-inch camera outfitted with a digital scanner. Collaging together the many images via computer, Layman creates an elevated, abstract portrait of this humble vessel marked by imprints, handling scratches, and bright strawberry juice.

History
Exhibitions

2012 Emerging: New Photography Acquisitions Portland Art Museum

2016 Photography and Contemporary Experience Portland Art Museum

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