Charles Hickman
1993
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 30.8 × 45.7 cm (12 1/8 × 18 in.) sheet: 40.3 × 50.8 cm (15 7/8 × 20 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Nancy Andrews and Annie O'Neill
Accession Number
2022.122.56
Art Historical Context
**Charles Hickman**, a striking gelatin silver print by Nancy Andrews from 1993, captures essence of its subject in intimate portraiture. Measuring 30.8 × 45.7 cm, this black-and-white photograph exemplifies Andrews' skill in rendering human presence through subtle tonal gradations, a hallmark of the gelatin silver. Developed by coating paper with light-sensitive gelatin emulsion containing silver halide crystals, this medium—popular since the late 19th century—ivers exceptional depth, contrast, and archival quality, bridging traditional darkroom artistry with late-20th-century sensibilities. ...
About the Artist
Nancy Andrews
Nancy Evelyn Andrews is an American artist and filmmaker whose inventive hybrid works — weaving together animation, puppetry, live-action narrative, documentary, music, and handmade props — have earned her a place among the most original voices in contemporary experimental cinema. She completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Maryland Institute College of Art in 1983 and a Master of Fine Arts at th...