item details
NameThe shark museum
ProductionMarie Shannon; photographer; 1992/2004; New Zealand
Classificationblack-and-white prints, gelatin silver prints, black-and-white photographs, works of art
Materialsphotographic paper, silver, photographic gelatin
Materials Summaryblack and white photograph, gelatin silver print
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
DimensionsImage: 441mm (width), 378mm (height)
Registration NumberO.027310
Credit linePurchased 2004
Overview
Models and photographs both attempt to represent the world, with varying degrees of success. The shark museum asks us which is more suspect: the clumsy artifice of the shark display or the more artful fakery of the camera?