"A negative is formed when millions of exposed crystals are converted to silver metal by the developer" (from Manual Photography Manual)

© Gillian Brown

"A negative is formed when millions of exposed crystals are converted to silver metal by the developer" (from Manual Photography Manual)

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"A negative is formed when millions of exposed crystals are converted to silver metal by the developer" (from Manual Photography Manual),

1982, printed 1985

Gillian Brown, American, born 1951
x1986-20.2 a-b

Information

Title
"A negative is formed when millions of exposed crystals are converted to silver metal by the developer" (from Manual Photography Manual)
Dates

1982, printed 1985

Maker
Gillian Brown
Medium

Gelatin silver print, diptych

Dimensions

50.8 x 40.8 cm (20 x 16 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Museum purchase, gift of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

Object Number
x1986-20.2 a-b
Signatures

Signed in graphite, recto of mat back: Gillian Brown

Inscription

Machine printed to mat face, recto below second print: Figs. 1 and 2: A negative is formed when miliions of exposed crystals are / converted to silver metal by the developer. (from Manual Photography Manual)

Culture
American
Type
black-and-white photographs, photographs
Subject
rooms, men, portraits

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