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"Metamorphosis through Light", Helmar Lerski (1871-1956) | PhotoAnthology

Metamorphosis through Light

Helmar Lerski (1871-1956)

Study of identity fluidity and perception through a series of 175 portraits of a single individual created with mirrors and natural sunlight.

With contributions from: MoMA (image source); Albertina Museum (image source). Suggest an Edit

Metamorphosis through Light

Helmar Lerski (1871-1956)

Study of identity fluidity and perception through a series of 175 portraits of a single individual created with mirrors and natural sunlight.

Collection of The Museum of Modern Art. Image courtesy of MoMA.

Collection of The Museum of Modern Art. Image courtesy of MoMA.

Image courtesy of Albertina Museum.

Image courtesy of Albertina Museum.

Books

Metamorphosis Through Light

Luca Verlag, 1982

Métamorphoses Par La Lumière

Images en Manœuvres, 2003

Helmar Lerski: Pionnier de la Lumière

Gallimard, 2018

Faces: The Power of the Human Visage

Hirmer Publishers, 2021

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Helmar Lerski (1871-1956)

Anonymous working-class individuals, photographed with dramatic lighting techniques and stripped of social context, to evoke a universal essence.

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