Pioneer Square and Port of Seattle From Smith Tower
Artist
Terry Calen
MediumSilver gelatin print
Dimensions20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineSeattle City Light 1% for Art Portable Works Collection
In many artworks, perhaps most particularly in black and white photographs, the image can be seen both as a depiction of a time and place and an arrangement of shape and light. What makes this scene interesting to look, besides the historic placement, is how the photograph makes one see the place through the manipulation of darkness, light and the arrangement of the objects within the rectangle of the picture.
Peter de Lory