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Abelardo Morell. About. Born in 1948 in Cuba Attended Bowdin College, Yale University, and Bowdin College again advancing his education Currently is a professor of photography at the Massachusetts College of Art. What is so special?.
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About Born in 1948 in Cuba Attended Bowdin College, Yale University, and Bowdin College again advancing his education Currently is a professor of photography at the Massachusetts College of Art
What is so special? • He creates images altering forms of perception. Sometimes he uses everyday, mundane objects or may take the viewpoint from a child. • This results us in having to look closer and think about what we are looking at
Camera Obscura • Morell also works heavily with camera obscura, describes it as “what a room sees” • Camera obscura is an optical device that projects an image of its surroundings on a screen.
Santa Maria della Salute in Palazzo Bedroom. Venice, Italy, 2006
He also did a photo collection to illustrate Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland I am Very Tired of Swimming About Here, O Mouse, 1998