Fata Morgana
Artist
George White Jr.
MediumSilver print
Dimensions20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineSeattle City Light 1% for Art Portable Works Collection
The artist quotes Herman Melville: Soon they through dim, bewildering mediums saw her sidelong fading phantom, as in the gaseous Fata Morgana (defined in the dictionary as a mirage, attributed to the witch, Morgan la Fey).
Night is a different place. Even the familiar is changed by darkness. It is made stranger when seen through the lens of a camera. Light can be stretched and amplified by exposure lengths, and objects can be isolated and made to look mysterious while remaining real.
Night is a different place. Even the familiar is changed by darkness. It is made stranger when seen through the lens of a camera. Light can be stretched and amplified by exposure lengths, and objects can be isolated and made to look mysterious while remaining real.
