The Art of photography

ChallengingTraditions:

Copy-MachineMasterworks

Themysteriousemptyspaces

inthesethree

images,whichreflectfeelingsthephotographer

had

asa

childaboutnighttimedarkness,were

obtainedbytearingand

foldingpiecesofheavy

paperintoshapesandpropping

themonthe

copierdocumentglassBecauseofthemachine's

limiteddepth

offield,onlysurfaceswithinaninch

oftheglasswerereproduced,leaving

thespaces

beyondthemalmost

black.

JUDITHCHRISTENSENFromNightEdges

Series. 1979