Esteban de Viguera, August 18, 1992, 9:05 - 11:05 a.m.
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 28 × 24.5 cm (11 × 9 5/8 in.) sheet: 40.32 × 31 cm (15 7/8 × 12 3/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of the Artist)
Accession Number
2015.19.4647.13
Art Historical Context
Ursula Schulz-Dorn's *Esteban de Vigu, August 18, 1992, 9:05 - 11:05 a.m.* (1992) is a striking gelatin silver print that captures a precise moment in time and place. The title itself serves as a meticulous notation, pinpointing a two-hour window at what appears to be a specific site—possibly a remote or transitional location named Esteban de Viguerainviting viewers to ponder the significance of duration and documentation in photography. Created using the classic gelatin silver process, this work exemplifies mid-20th-century darkroom techniques, prized for their rich tonal gradations and tact...
About the Artist
Ursula Schulz-Dornburg
Ursula Schulz-Dornburg (b. 1938) is a German photographer and conceptual artist whose spare, methodical images of landscape, infrastructure, and architecture have established her as one of the most distinctive voices in European documentary photography. Born in Berlin, she studied ethnology at the University of Munich beginning in 1958 before transferring to study photojournalism at the Institut f...