Subway Impala, Chevrolet Impala, 7th Avenue and 29th Street
Photograph
1974 (made)
1974 (made)
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Clay was among the first photographers in the mid-1970s to embrace colour photography as an artistic medium. Fascinated by the different colours and light sources in the urban night, he shot a series of photographs documenting parked cars on the streets of New York and New Jersey. He was drawn to the gleaming metal and glass of cars, iridescent in the artificial lighting of the nocturnal city, as well as the way that they interacted with the surrounding architecture.
Object details
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| Title | Subway Impala, Chevrolet Impala, 7th Avenue and 29th Street (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | C-type print |
| Brief description | Photograph by Langdon Clay, 'Subway Impala, Chevrolet Impala, 7th Avenue and 29th Street', from the series 'Cars', 1974, c-type print |
| Physical description | Photograph of a car, viewed in profile, parked beside a subway entrance. There is a building in the background with signs in the window for various food. There is snow on the car, road and sidewalk. |
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| Summary | Clay was among the first photographers in the mid-1970s to embrace colour photography as an artistic medium. Fascinated by the different colours and light sources in the urban night, he shot a series of photographs documenting parked cars on the streets of New York and New Jersey. He was drawn to the gleaming metal and glass of cars, iridescent in the artificial lighting of the nocturnal city, as well as the way that they interacted with the surrounding architecture. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | PH.351-1978 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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