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Ellen Carey

1987 · Instant dye diffusion transfer print (Polaroid 20x24) · Photographs

Distortion, abstraction, concealment. Such qualities are unexpected in portraiture, yet Ellen Carey exploits the photographic medium to create surprising versions of herself. Working with a large-format Polaroid camera, Carey produces a dazzling image of her “unconscious self”; the result appears computer generated, but she uses only low-tech colored lights, lenses, mirrors, and patterned overlays.

Artist

Ellen Carey

Date

1987

Medium

Instant dye diffusion transfer print (Polaroid 20x24)

Department

Photographs

Credit line

Gift of Sherman and Jacqueline Lowy Foundation, 1991