NATURAL HISTORY 2003 - 04

digital inkjet prints, 30" X 40" in edition of twenty-five each image.

These images are digital photographs of the backgrounds of the dioramas at New York's Museum of Natural History. The dioramas display animal and human figures in various poses in front of painted backdrops that referenced natural or historical landscapes. I was struck by the forms and styles of landscape painting in these dioramas The colors and style of painting are reminiscent of the work of 19th century artists like the Impressionist painters. I photographed these images by cropping out the animal or human figures in the diorama to create my own landscapes.

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