Zoe Leonard: Available Light

An exploration of the nature of visibility through a series of camera obscuras paired with silver gelatin prints of the sun

In the two related bodies of work that form this volume's centerpiece, New York-based photographer Zoe Leonard (born 1961) poses fundamental questions about the medium of photography and the nature of sight. In a series of large-scale installations, the artist employed the principle of the camera obscura, pairing it with gelatin silver photographs of the sun. The image ...