The Art of photography

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JOANLYONSUntitled

XeroxDrawing, 1978

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Forthiscompositeimage,the

photographer

usedablack-and-whitecopymachinefromthelate

1950s.

Ithas

a

movablecameramountedona

Hatbedthatisrolled

backandforthonrunners.The

photographerplacedaground-glass

screenin

thecamerabacktofocusthepicture,theninserted

anelectrostaticplatetomaketheexposure

Intransferringtheimageof

flowersandleaves

todrawingpaper,sheturneditlour

different

waystoachievethesymmetricalpattern.

Finally,

sheworkedovertheimagewithpencil

andcoloredchalktounifythe

elements.