Name/Title
Light drawing (bird)Entry/Object ID
2021.38Description
Photograph done with light, in the shape of a birdContext
Lerner’s series of photography focused on capturing the “eye”, of which there are a few representations in this selection, create associations between seeing and looking, as both photographer and subject from Chicago to New York and even Tokyo. His experimentations with light box photography is represented in some of the light “bird” photographs and abstractions or overlays and double exposures of bodies. And, his 1930s representations of immigrants to Chicago are also represented amongst this set.Acquisition
Accession
2021.29-49Source or Donor
Thomas WilsonAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. GarlingLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsLOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Light, Birds