[Fisheye Self-Portrait]
Artist
Unknown
CultureUnknown
Titles
- [Fisheye Self-Portrait]
Datec. 1940
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 3/8 × 7 1/2 in. (23.8 × 19.1 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 8 1/16 in. (25.1 × 20.4 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 8 1/16 in. (25.1 × 20.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern in honor of Morris Weiner
Object number2017.262
Non exposé
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Department
PhotographyObject Type
With a fisheye lens on a camera held high above his head, this anonymous photographer was able to record the entire office, with cluttered desks, a typewriter, office mates, and the top of his own head. The line of photographs behind the coworkers at left appears to include an image of a handheld 35mm camera, suggesting that this picture might also have been intended to advertise a new lens or piece of equipment.
Provenance[Winter Works on Paper, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2017.
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