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Abelardo Morell is a Cuban-American photographer who works with a camera obscura to create really fantastic upside down photos. Many of Morell’s objects are historically significant landmarks in Venice, Italy. A Camera obscura, which is Latin for “dark chamber”, is said to be the precursor to the present day camera. Britannica.com describes it as “a darkened enclosure having an aperture usually provided with a lens through which light from external objects enters to form an image on the opposite surface.” The gallery has a fantastic collection of photos from Morell’s installation. The gorgeous lead photo, which happens to be my favorite, is called View of Volta del Canal in Palazzo Room painted with Jungle Motif, Venice Italy 2008.  Abelardo Morell travels the world and converts full-size rooms (some spare, some ornately rococo) into immense camera obscura devices. He brings the outside in through a tiny pin-hole, and by the alchemy of optics, the outside is projected quite naturally upside down superimposing and hugging the surfaces of everything in the room. Then, he photographs the resulting “installation” with his 8 x 10 view camera and enlarges the prints to mural size.
The effect is dizzying and delightful. And the photographs get better and better as you study them and soak in the exquisite overlapping details"
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