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Elegy for Moss Land

Clarence John Laughlin1940

Ogden Museum of Southern Art

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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  • 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
Ogden Museum of Southern Art

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