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Michael Light
Some Dry Space2003

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Black and white aerial photograph looking straight down at a mottled surface, with the dark shadow of an airplane cast below
Gelatin silver print, aerial view of a textured desert or arid landscape in high contrast black and white, with a small dark shadow of a propeller aircraft cast on the ground near center right; a vertical crease divides the image at center, suggesting reproduction from a book spread.
Gelatin silver print of a close-up rock or stone surface, filled with pitted, granular textures in varying shades of gray and black, with irregular mottled patterns across the entire frame.
Aerial black and white photograph of a straight road or barrier cutting through an arid desert landscape, receding to a pale horizon with low hills in the distance.
Black and white landscape photograph, an elevated view of a straight road or railway cutting diagonally across an arid desert flat, with eroded mountain ridges in the middle distance and pale sky above.
Gelatin silver print, aerial landscape photograph of a desert terrain with undulating light and dark tonal contrasts, revealing textured gravel surfaces, sweeping shadowed ridgelines, and pale sandy channels receding toward distant dark hills.
Gelatin silver print landscape of an arid desert terrain, with a finely textured gravel plain in the foreground sweeping toward eroded mountain ridges at upper right, receding into a pale, hazy horizon.
Black and white landscape photograph of a vast sand or desert surface with diagonal wind-swept striations receding toward a pale, hazy horizon.
Gelatin silver print of a sandy surface, dark granular texture in the foreground fading to bright, wind-swept streaks radiating toward a luminous upper center.
Aerial gelatin silver print of an arid landscape bisected diagonally by a dark geological fault or ridge, with subtle terrain undulations across a vast flat plain, high contrast black and white tones.
Gelatin silver print, aerial landscape view of a snow-covered mountain slope with a cluster of dark evergreen trees in the lower left, rocky outcrop at upper right, and sweeping shadows across undulating terrain.
Gelatin silver print, aerial landscape view of a broad alluvial fan or snow-covered slope radiating outward from a rocky ridge, with fine linear striations flowing downward and dark rocky terrain framing the upper edges.
Black and white photograph of a snow or glacial landscape, with a granular textured surface dominating the lower left and dark rocky outcroppings visible at upper right.
Gelatin silver print, close-up aerial or ground-level view of rippled sand with branching drainage channels cutting diagonally across the frame, fine tonal gradations in grey.
Black and white aerial photograph of an arid valley landscape, with a winding stream corridor of sparse vegetation cutting through flat terrain, flanked by mountain ranges receding into a pale hazy sky.
Black and white landscape photograph, aerial view of a arid desert valley floor stretching to a bright, hazy horizon, with dark rocky ridgelines and alluvial fan formations descending from mountains at right.
Gelatin silver print, aerial landscape view of a tidal flat or sandy terrain, with a pale diagonal channel of water or mist cutting through textured ground dotted with small dark marks, graduating from dense detail in the lower right to soft white tones above.
Gelatin silver print, aerial landscape view of a vast pale terrain scattered with small dark forms and sweeping linear marks, high contrast tonal range in near-white with delicate gray patterning
Gelatin silver print, aerial landscape view of a vast flat terrain covered in low desert scrub, with a narrow pale road or path cutting diagonally through the center, and a low ridgeline visible at upper left.
Gelatin silver print landscape of a vast, flat desert plain extending to the right, where eroded rock formations rise sharply; distant mountains fade into a pale sky. Pencil inscription visible at lower right.
Artist or Maker
Michael Light
United States, born 1963
Title
Some Dry Space
Place Made
United States
Date Made
2003
Medium
Artist's book (bound), containing (eighteen) pigment (Epson) prints, from a digital source
Dimensions
.1-.18) Image and sheet: 35 3/4 x 44 1/2 in. (90.81 x 113.03 cm) each; Slip-case: 36 x 22 1/2 in. (91.44 x 57.15 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by the Ralph M. Parsons Fund
Accession Number
M.2003.126a-r
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography