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Abelardo Morell: Projecting Italy
Boston-based and world-renowned photographer Abelardo Morell has been using the camera obscura since the early 1990s, creating a body of work defined by the contemporary use of a technology that predates the camera. By creating a dark room with no light entering other than through a small pinhole, Morell brings the world outside into the room, projected upside down on the opposite wall. This exhibition highlights Morell’s tent-camera and camera obscura photographs of sites in Italy in honor ... view more »
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Every first Thursday of the month, admission is free for everyone to the Museum with extended hours from 12 to 7pm (except in December).
Free Admission for:
Children 12 years old and under; Fitchburg State University, Mount Wachusett Community College and Fitchburg Public School Students, Faculty & Staff with I.D.; Residents of City Ward 4B with proof of residence; NEMA Members with one guest; AAM Members with one guest; Active Military and their families with I.D.
Paid Admission for:
Adults: $9.00
Seniors (62+): $5.00
Students ages 13-18 & College Students with I.D.: $5.00
MTA: $5.00
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Boston-based and world-renowned photographer Abelardo Morell has been using the camera obscura since the early 1990s, creating a body of work defined by the contemporary use of a technology that predates the camera. By creating a dark room with no light entering other than through a small pinhole, Morell brings the world outside into the room, projected upside down on the opposite wall. This exhibition highlights Morell’s tent-camera and camera obscura photographs of sites in Italy in honor of the twentieth anniversary of the Center for Italian Culture at Fitchburg State University.
Visit https://fitchburgartmuseum.org/projecting-italy for details
Image Credit: Abelardo Morell (US American, born in Cuba, 1948), Camera Obscura: View of the Florence Duomo in Tuscany President’s Office in Palazzo Strozzi, Sacrati, Italy, 2017, archival pigment print, 30” x 40” (image). Clementi Family Collection Fund, 2019.150.
