| Photography 1957-1985 |
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Cut Paper
Trimmed 11 x 14 contact print, 1974
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| In his own words, Frederick Sommer described making a cut paper, "so I take a big sheet of wrapping paper off a roll and lay it down on the board and very freely, with a knife, make a sensitive looking drawing. This makes a beautiful line, with a flow and precision one would not suspect. I then hang it on a couple of clips and being a well organized guy, as I am at times, I have a camera already standing there. I find myself photographing this sheet which, by then, has become a display of configurations. I usually photograph it in diffused light, but at times I can implement this by adding some side light and give people the notion I am also interested in drama. But in any case, I do it for my own feelings." Quote from, "A talk given at the Art Institute of Chicago, October 1970, revised June 1983," Words/Images, Center for Creative Photography (1984) |
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