New Haven, Connecticut
1998, printed 2020
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View on museum website →Medium
gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 23.4 × 28.8 cm (9 3/16 × 11 5/16 in.) sheet: 27.7 × 35.5 cm (10 7/8 × 14 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of the Artist
Accession Number
2020.158.18
Art Historical Context
James Welling's *New Haven, Connecticut* (1998, printed 2020) invites visitors to explore a serene black-and-white vista of this iconic New England city, home to Yale University and a hub of American intellectual life. Captured through the lens of a master contemporary photographer, this gelatin silver print measures a intimate 23.4 × 28.8 cm, offering a window into late-20th-century urban landscapes. Welling, celebrated for his experimental approaches to light, form, and abstraction, transforms everyday scenes into poetic meditations, blending documentary precision with subtle artistic interv...
About the Artist
James Welling
James Welling, born in 1951 in Hartford, Connecticut, emerged as one of the most innovative voices in contemporary American photography through a multidisciplinary path that shaped his experimental ethos. He began his artistic training at Carnegie-Mellon University, studying drawing under Gandy Brodie, a second-generation Abstract Expressionist, before exploring modern dance at the University of P...