Practical Photography

© 2008, Torbjørn Rødland

Practical Photography

Currently not on view

Practical Photography,

2006–08

Torbjørn Rødland, Norwegian, born 1970
2009-39
This still life depicts stacked issues of Practical Photography, a magazine for hobbyists and amateurs that includes interviews, camera and editing tutorials, and tips on other tricks of the trade. By minimizing the complexity of the composition and using a shallow depth of field, Rødland has created a study of text and pattern that is also a self-reflexive meditation on the medium.

Information

Title
Practical Photography
Dates

2006–08

Maker
Torbjørn Rødland
Medium

Chromogenic print

Dimensions

109.8 × 140 cm (43 1/4 × 55 1/8 in.)
frame: 113 × 142.8 × 5 cm (44 1/2 × 56 1/4 × 1 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund

Object Number
2009-39
Culture
Norwegian
Type
chromogenic color prints, color photographs, photographs
Techniques
chromogenic processes, mounting
Subject
magazines (periodicals), spines, text

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