Bing, Ilse. Salut de Schiaparelli, 1934. gelatin silver print, solarized, Image: 20.3 x 27.9 cm (8 x 11 in.). Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg, 2019.182. Copyrighted undefined.

Salut de Schiaparelli

1934

Ilse Bing

Ilse Bing (American, 1899–1998)

Photography

Salut de Schiaparelli, 1934. Ilse Bing (American, 1899–1998). Gelatin silver print, solarized; image: 20.3 x 27.9 cm (8 x 11 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg 2019.182 © Estate of Ilse Bing Ilse Bing employed solarization here to evoke an otherworldly, surrealistic feeling. The procedure involves quickly re-exposing a photographic print to light during the development process, before the image is fixed. The result is a partial or total reversal of tone, so areas that are dark become light and vice versa. Bing considered darkroom work a final stage in a photograph’s creation. Salut de Schiaparelli was created to promote a perfume with that name released by Paris designer Elsa Schiaparelli.

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