Untitled
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gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image/sheet: 23.9 × 24 cm (9 7/16 × 9 7/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Gregory and Aline Gooding
Accession Number
2017.161.34
Art Historical Context
Ursula Schulz-Dornburg's *Untitled* (1980) is a intimate gelatin silver print, measuring 23.9 × 24 cm in its nearly square format. Created at the tail end of analog photography's dominance, this work captures the medium's timeless strengths: a finely tuned silver halide emulsion on paper that yields deep blacks, luminous grays, and crisp details. Gelatin silver prints, popular from the late 19th century through the 1980s, were favored by artists for their versatility and tactile richness, bridging documentary precision with artistic expression. Though untitled, the photograph reflects Schulz-...
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...