Artist
Joseph JachnaAmerican, 1935–2016
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Door County, Wisconsin
Date1970
Place depictedWisconsin, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/8 × 9 1/4 in. (15.6 × 23.5 cm)
Frame: 14 3/4 × 17 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. (37.5 × 45.1 × 3.2 cm)
Frame: 14 3/4 × 17 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. (37.5 × 45.1 × 3.2 cm)
Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, museum purchase funded by Target Stores
Object number76.276
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
Jachna is known for his innovative approaches to photographing nature. In Door County, which is Jachna’s most
significant series, he deviates from traditional landscape photography by
inserting himself into the picture frame. Here, his hand clutches a mirror,
which reflects a fragment of the landscape pictured, emphasizing the
photographer’s role in the image-making process.
Provenance[Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1976.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited "Target Collection of American Photography: A Century in Pictures",
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston December 3 - February 25, 2007
Austin Museum of Art May 19 - August 12, 2007
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi June 5 - August 24, 2008
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