Darkroom
Artist
Anne Noggle
(American, 1922 - 2005)
Date1981
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 11 1/8 × 16 1/8 in. (28.3 × 41 cm)
Support: 14 × 16 7/8 in. (35.6 × 42.9 cm)
Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Support: 14 × 16 7/8 in. (35.6 × 42.9 cm)
Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of the Anne Noggle Foundation, 2016
Object number2016.2.9
DescriptionIn foreground, woman’s face in profile with downcast eyes and mouth. She is wearing a light-colored shirt with a prominent rip at the top seam on her right shoulder, which is also in foreground. In the background the outlines of a door are visible.eMuseum Notes
In
a conversation with Katherine Ware, Noggle’s friend and studio assistant Jim
Holbrook said that Noggle had a darkroom in her garage. This picture was taken
after Noggle’s girlfriend Nancy Barry had left and Noggle was depressed about
the breakup.
Known
for her imaginative and honest self-portraits, Anne Noggle shares a bleak
moment in this image made in her photographic darkroom. The light falling on
her face emphasizes lines and spots, a kind of map of her journeys through
life. Her torn shirt and somber expression, along with the title of the
picture, create an unmistakable mood of despair.
On View
Not on viewTerms
- self-portraits
- women
- photography
- grief
- darkness
- melancholy
- darkrooms
