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Elegy for Moss Land
Clarence John Laughlin1940
Ogden Museum of Southern Art
New Orleans, United States
A double exposure used as the frontispiece for Clarence John Laughlin's book, Ghost Along the Mississippi. Laughlin describes this photograph as "from the mingled earth and water, the figure rises - evoking memory, and the plantation house sits in the tree of dreams."
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Details
- Title: Elegy for Moss Land
- Creator: John Clarence Laughlin
- Date Created: 1940
- Location Created: Louisiana
- Physical Dimensions: 15" x 19"
- Type: Photograph
- Rights: Roger Houston Ogden Collection
- Medium: Gelatin silver print
- Art Movement: Surrealist photography
- Art Form: Film photography
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