Lotte Jacobi
(Torún, Poland, 1896 - 1990, Concord, New Hampshire)
Mask
1946-1955 (printed 1981)
Palladium print
8 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. (21.8 x 19.1 cm)
Collection of the Akron Art Museum
Gift of the Stephen White Gallery of Photography, Inc.
1988.10 g
© 2021 University of New Hampshire, Lotte Jacobi Collection
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Best known for her portraits of famous people, Jacobi also experimented with abstraction. In the darkroom, she used a flashlight diffused by clear plastic or another sheer material to “paint” light directly onto photographic paper.
Keywords
AbstractionBlack and White
Photography