Solarization
Date1938
Artist
Andreas Feininger
(American photographer, 1906–1999)
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionssheet: 13 3/4 × 10 9/16 in. (34.9 × 26.8 cm)
Credit LineSpecial Purchase Fund, 1975
Object number1975-54
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPHOTOGRAPH
Label TextIn this photograph, Feininger experiments with solarization, a process by which an image (or part of an image) is reversed in tone--from positive to negative. This can be achieved by exposure to a strong light during processing.
