Description:
Half length portrait of older man, wearing light chambray shirt, seated at table. From Portfolio of 14 prints from Art resources Transfer (A.R.T.)
Label Text:
Label text from “The Art of Collecting: Contemporary Prints from the Risa Gerrig Collection,” September 10 – October 12, 2014:
Pierson approaches photography in a pictorial or painterly fashion, evoking emotional resonance through his imagery and light filtering effects. This photograph of an older man captures a fleeting moment of the sitter smiling, hands folded, suggesting he is engaged in conversation with someone just out of view of the picture frame. The soft, warm yellow lighting emits a welcoming feeling that draws the viewer in to the scene. However, Pierson positions the sitter facing away from the viewer and toward his conversation partner, causing us to become voyeurs to the intimate moment. - Shelby Miner (B.A. ’15)
Link to share this object record:
https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=UM+2013.20 |
