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[Studio Photographer at Work]

Unknown

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 692

In this evocative image, picture making takes center stage. Underneath a canopy of dark cloth, the photographer poses as if to adjust the bellows of a large-format camera. The view reflected on its ground glass would appear reversed and upside down. Viewers’ expectations are similarly overturned, because the photographer’s subject remains unseen.

[Studio Photographer at Work], Unknown, Salted paper print from glass negative

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Detail

[Studio Photographer at Work], Unknown, Salted paper print from glass negative
[Studio Photographer at Work], Unknown, Salted paper print from glass negative

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