The Wondrous Globe, from the journal Camera Work, volume 38:11
Anne W. Brigman, The Wondrous Globe, from the journal Camera Work, volume 38:11, 1912, photogravure, Gift of Mr. John H. Wood, public domain, 87.86.21
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- Title
The Wondrous Globe, from the journal Camera Work, volume 38:11
- Related Titles
journal: Camera Work
original language: The Wondrous Globe
- Artist
- Date
1912
- Medium
photogravure
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
image: 4 3/4 in x 7 7/8 in; sheet: 4 13/16 in x 8 in
- Collection Area
Photography
- Category
Photographs
- Object Type
photograph
- Culture
American
- Credit Line
Gift of Mr. John H. Wood
- Accession Number
87.86.21
- Copyright
public domain
- Terms
In 1926 Anne Brigman wrote, "I've dreamed of and loved to work with the human figure—to embody it in rocks and trees, to make it part of the elements, not apart from them." Brigman's characteristic subject, the female nude in a landscape, provided people living in an increasingly industrialized society with romantic compositions linking nature with humankind. Brigman frequently photographed in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains and occasionally substituted children for women, their youthful bodies and poses suggesting purity, innocence, and a curiosity about the natural world.
- Exhibitions
2012 Flesh and Bone: Photography and the Body Portland Art Museum
