“Shadows on the Wall: Cameraless Photography from 1851 to Today”
Anna Atkins, Pteris aquiline, 1851, cyanotype, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by The Brown Foundation, Inc., The Manfred Heiting Collection
Floris M. Neusüss, Bin gleich zurück (Back in a Moment), 1984, gelatin silver print from photogram with wood chair, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by Photo Forum 1991. © Floris M. Neusüss
Robert Heinecken, Recto/Verso #7, 1989, silver dye bleach print, photogram with text page, printed 1992, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the Polaroid Foundation and Photography Accessions funds. © The Robert Heinecken Trust
Dr. Dain L. Tasker, Lily, 1931, gelatin silver print from radiograph, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by Alexander and Muffy McLanahan, The Manfred Heiting Collection
László Moholy-Nagy, Untitled, 1926, gelatin silver print, photogram, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection. © 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
![Christopher Bucklow, Guest, 25,000 Solar Images [AF], 5:03 pm, 10th October 1995, 1995, silver dye bleach print, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Manfred Heiting Collection, Museum purchase funded by Photo Forum 2002. © Christopher Bucklow](https://test.mfah.org/static/images/bucklow--guest-25000-solar-images-af-503-pm-10th-october-1995.7051307159867312817.jpg?width=1023){kind=link}
Christopher Bucklow, Guest, 25,000 Solar Images [AF], 5:03 pm, 10th October 1995, 1995, silver dye bleach print, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Manfred Heiting Collection, Museum purchase funded by Photo Forum 2002. © Christopher Bucklow
Title
Shadows on the Wall: Cameraless Photography from 1851 to Today
Dates
August 31–November 30, 2014
Overview
Drawn from the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Shadows on the Wall: Cameraless Photography from 1851 to Today presents 50 evocative images created with light and chemistry but without the use of a camera.
Made for science or art, using a range of techniques as visually diverse as the movements of art to which they belong, the photographs vary in size from a few inches to 25 feet and record the precise outlines of botanical specimens, the alchemy of the darkroom, or the abstraction of form. Although sometimes simply made, these photographs explore the complex relationship between reality and representation.
Location
Cameron Foundation Gallery
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
5601 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005
Organization & Funding
This exhibition is organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Generous funding is provided by:
Media Contacts
Mary Haus, Whitney Radley, and Vanessa Ramirez-Sparrow
MFAH Communications
vramirez-sparrow@mfah.org / 713.639.7554