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81-150, Goodnoe Hills, Washington, 1981
81-150, Goodnoe Hills, Washington, 1981
81-150, Goodnoe Hills, Washington, 1981

81-150, Goodnoe Hills, Washington, 1981

Artist Mike Burns
MediumBlack and white photograph
Dimensions15 x 17 in. (38.1 x 43.2 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineSeattle City Light 1% for Art Portable Works Collection
Some of Michael Burns' images are concerned with architectural subject matter, lightfall, and the pure beauty of light. Others are studied moments which capture and glorify details and fragments of time and place.  In these photographs, the issue is the distinction between picture taking (the depiction of something happening) and picture making (the selection and juxtaposition of elements of an image.