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By Aaron Burden Abelardo Morell Basic Facts Abelardo Morell was born in Cuba in 1948 and grew up mostly in New York. He studied at Bowdin College and Yale University. Abelardo Morell is best know for his use of a cenrety old technique know as ‘camera obscura’. Below are a few examples of Abelardo Morell’s work. Abelardo would use a normal room such as a bedroom as a screen for him to project onto. As you can see below he would often use wellknown sites as his centrepiece. Once he has set up is large scale ‘camera obscura’, he would photograph the room to preserve the work. This image stood out to me because of the colour contrast between the bed and the projected image. In the projected background you can see the Brooklyn Bridge, which is illuminated by a warm sandy coloured light. This contrasts with the dark brown of the wooden headboard and the deep red of the pillows and bed sheets. Although the main centre of attention is the image of the Brooklyn Bridge, the strong colours of the bed brings the viewer back to the location that the photo was taken which is a bedroom. I believe this is intentional in order to keep the viewer in 2 places at ones. This is further supported by the strength of the red in the image, as it is very distinct and hard to ignore.

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By  Aaron  Burden  

Abelardo  Morell    

Basic  Facts  Abelardo  Morell  was  born  in  Cuba  in  1948  and  grew  up  mostly  in  New  York.  He  studied  at  Bowdin  College  and  Yale  University.  Abelardo  Morell  is  best  know  for  his  use  of  a  cenrety  old  technique  know  as  ‘camera  obscura’.      Below  are  a  few  examples  of  Abelardo  Morell’s  work.  Abelardo  would  use  a  normal  room  such  as  a  bedroom  as  a  screen  for  him  to  project  onto.  As  you  can  see  below  he  would  often  use  well-­‐known  sites  as  his  centrepiece.  Once  he  has  set  up  is  large  scale  ‘camera  obscura’,  he  would  photograph  the  room  to  preserve  the  work.      

   

This  image  stood  out  to  me  because  of  the  colour  contrast  between  the  bed  and  the  projected  image.  In  the  projected  background  you  can  see  the  Brooklyn  Bridge,  which  is  illuminated  by  a  warm  sandy  coloured  light.  This  contrasts  with  the  dark  brown  of  the  wooden  headboard  and  the  deep  red  of  the  pillows  and  bed  sheets.  Although  the  main  centre  of  attention  is  the  image  of  the  Brooklyn  Bridge,  the  strong  colours  of  the  bed  brings  the  viewer  back  to  the  location  that  the  photo  was  taken  which  is  a  bedroom.  I  believe  this  is  intentional  in  order  to  keep  the  viewer  in  2  places  at  ones.  This  is  further  supported  by  the  strength  of  the  red  in  the  image,  as  it  is  very  distinct  and  hard  to  ignore.  

By  Aaron  Burden  

   

I  chose  this  image  because  of  the  contrast  of  environments  shown  in  this  image.  The  projection  shows  nature  consisting  of  plants  such  as  trees.  From  my  research  I  found  out  that  the  projection  is  of  Central  Park  in  New  York.  With  that  bit  of  information  it  adds  another  side  to  the  image.  You  have  an  image  of  nature  being  projected  into  a  man-­‐made  structure  such  as  an  apartment  building,  but  at  the  same  time  that  slice  of  nature  is  right  in  the  middle  of  a  man-­‐made  jungle  of  buildings.  Another  way  of  looking  at  it  is  that  it’s  an  ‘upside  down  idea’  that  a  park  like  this  could  exist  in  a  city  such  as  New  York.    

   

I  picked  this  image  because  of  the  way  it  uses  the  room’s  diminutions  to  show  the  scope  of  the  image  projected.  In  this  image  you  can  see  that  the  image  projected  has  covered  the  not  only  the  wall  but  also  the  celling  to  help  communicate  the  scope  of  the  cityscape.  The  projected  image  is  of  Manhattan,  which  is  a  large  high  rise  American  city.  Another  aspect  to  this  image  is  that  it  is  in  black  and  white  instead  of  colour  like  many  other  photos  taken  by  Abelardo  Morell.  I  believe  that  it’s  to  emphasize  the  colourless  nature  of  a  large  city  made  from  dull  coloured  materials  such  as  steel  and  bricks.