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Transcript of Abelardo Morell
Outside In and
Upside Down:
The Art of Abelardo Morell
By: Allissa Smith
Flashlight and Salt: Photogram on 8” x 10” Film, 2006
A Look Ahead
Biography 3-4
Teaching Career 5
Camera Obscura 6-8
Tent Camera 9-11
Other Works 12-14
Bibliography 15Light Entering Our House, 2004
Biography
"Broken Glasses" at Morell exhibit, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, 2008
Born in Havana, Cuba
in 1948. Family Fled
Castro’s Regime to
New York City at age 15
Received Bachelor of
Arts at Bowdon College
And Masters in Fine arts at
Yale Univ. in 1977
Now lives with
his family in
Brookline Massachusetts
“ A Lot of my work tries to disorient you… When you feel alone there is actually a lot more of the world coming into your space than you think” Abelardo Morell
Contemporary master of the camera obscura
( the ancient method of projecting a image on a wall)
92 Public exhibitions
Published many books:
-Abelardo Morell & the camera eye
-Camera in a room
-Illustrations for Alice’s adventures in
wonderland
Documentary in 2007:
Shadow of the house
You Tube link to Trailer of Shadow of the House Cut out: Paper-Self portrait, 2012
Biography
Teaching career
He wanted to show his
students the
fundamentals of
photography and
turned his classroom
into a camera obscura
This was one of the
first photos using this
technique
Light Bulb, 1991
Camera obscura
Room darkened & only a
small hole lets in the light
Through this hole, an image
of the world beyond enters
upside down and settles on
the opposite wall
You are inside a spacious,
primitive camera. A camera
obscura invented by
Aristotle in the 16th century
Brookline View in Brady's Room, 1992
“art often renews itself by returning to its roots.”
First images required 6-8 hour exposure
Now using digital with only 1-2 minute exposure
Camera obscura
St. Louis View, Looking East, in Building Under Construction, 1999
“Morell has moved photography forward by going back to its beginnings.”
Camera obscura
View of Florence Looking Northwest Inside Bedroom, 2009
Traveled around the world with his family to capture new landscapes
Able to use a prism to invert image
With digital camera able to shoot in color creating sharper Images
YouTube link to the process of Camera Obscura
Tent camera
You Tube Link to Tent Camera: Golden Gate Bridge 75th anniversary
Golden Gate Bridge, 2012
Shared his Tent Camera technology at the 75th anniversary Celebration of the golden gate bridge
Tent camera
Domed tent with
periscope and prism
to redirect the
landscape onto the
nearby ground
Tent-Camera Image on Ground: View of Rome from the Spanish Academy, 2010
Tent camera
Merges landscapes
to textural ground to
produce painting-
like photos
He is not painting
with a camera, or
imitate the effects of
painting. merely
having a
conversation with
them.
Tent-Camera Image On Ground: View of Cerro Castellan and Tuff Canyon. Big Bend National Park, Texas, 2010
Other works:Alice and
wonderland
Created
photographs from
character cutouts to
create off kilter
worlds and bizarre
scale
It Was Much Pleasanter At Home , 1998
A Mad Tea Party, 1998
As if by magic, the
ordinary becomes
ironic, seductive,
& lovely to look atFalling Coins II, 2006
Other works: money
Coin Impressions, 2003
Folded $20 Bill Resembling The World Trade Center, 2002
Other works:
childhood
a. Morell spent
large amount
of time at home
capturing the
point of view
of the child
Other works:
Studio still life,
photograms, Cliché
verre, & large
format black &
White
Brady and I in Bathtub, 1986
Laura and Brady in the Shadow of Our House, 1994
Toy Blocks , 1987
Bibliography Morell, A., & Sante, L. (2004). Camera obscura. (first ed.). New York: Bulfinch.
Morell, A. (2005). Abelardo Morell. London New York: Phaidon
Costello, B. (2008). Outside In and Upside Down: the Art of Abelardo
Morell. 96(3), 15.
Abelardo Morell. (2007). Retrieved July 3, 2012, from
http://www.abelardomorell.net
Whiting, S. (2012, July 6). Abelardo Morell's "Vertigo":Surreal Golden Gate. SFGate. Retrieved July 7, 2012, from http://www.sfgate.com/art/article/Abelardo-Morell-s-Vertigo-surreal-Golden-Gate-3567143.php
Abelardo Morell- Biography. (n.d.). ArtFacts.net. Retrieved July 2, 2012, from http://www.artfacts.net/en/artist/abelardo-morell-19007/profile.html#top