[Sole of Tennis Shoe]

Jungjin Lee

1989 · Gelatin silver print · Photographs

Trained in traditional Korean calligraphy and ceramics, Lee imbues her photographs with a delicate handcrafted quality and a palpable sense of the texture and physicality of the print surface. Rather than using commercially produced photographic paper, she prints her negatives on large sheets of handmade rice paper, which she brushes with liquid photosensitive emulsion. The subtle variations in print texture and contrast are balanced by the understated simplicity of Lee's images. This photograph of the worn sole of an old tennis shoe was made on one of her many road trips across the American desert.

Artist

Jungjin Lee

Date

1989

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Department

Photographs

Credit line

Gift of the artist, 1993