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Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Drop Scene Study (0X5A1121), 2018
Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Drop Scene Study (0X5A1121), 2018

Drop Scene Study (0X5A1121), 2018

Archival pigment print
75 x 50 in. (190.5 x 127 cm) print size
76 x 51 x 2 in. (193.04 x 129.54 x 5.08 cm) framed
Edition 1 of 5, 2 AP

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  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 1 ) Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Drop Scene Study (0X5A1121), 2018
  • (View a larger image of thumbnail 2 ) Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Drop Scene Study (0X5A1121), 2018
In Drop Scene Study (0X5A1121), 2018, the tools – the camera, the tripod – become extensions of Sepuya, neutralizing the subject-photographer relationship. The drama of cloaking oneself under the drapery...
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In Drop Scene Study (0X5A1121), 2018, the tools – the camera, the tripod – become extensions of Sepuya, neutralizing the subject-photographer relationship. The drama of cloaking oneself under the drapery of the camera obscura is contemporised via the lens, voyeuristically peeking from an opening in between plain white material, or from the camera, watching lonesomely as its operator is disguised by a wooden pedestal, revealing but a solitary hand.
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