fbpx

Brugmansia x candida (Angel's Trumpet)

2000

Toned gelatin silver print

9 x 7 in. (22.9 x 17.8 cm)

Collection of the Akron Art Museum

Gift of the artist

2010.204

More Information

McMillan uses an x-ray machine as a camera to explore the internal structure of plants. The x-ray then serves as her negative. She tones the prints, which produces warm and cool shades and adds dimensionality. The fragility evoked by the flowers’ translucency, along with the medical associations of x-rays, recalls the meaning of flowers in Baroque still lifes: they are symbols of the fleeting nature of physical beauty and human life.

Keywords
Ohio
Flowers
Black and White