Specimens II
Maker
Parker, Olivia
(American, b. 1941)
Date1995
MediumInkjet print
Dimensionspaper: 8 3/4 in x 11 in
Credit LineMuseum purchase through the Fine Print Program
Object number1995:750
About the ArtistOlivia Parker was born in Boston and studied art history at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, earning a BA in 1963. Afterward, she began a career as a painter. Self-taught as a photographer, Parker first started making photographs intensively in 1970, intrigued by the endless transformations of light and the possibilities this presents for the camera. In later decades, Parker's photographs have centered on temporary constructions that she assembles in the studio, incorporating various objects and visual elements that open up a range of metaphorical meanings. Through the 1970s and 1980s, Parker worked in both black-and-white and color, using a range from camera formats. In 1993, she began to work with digital imaging processes on a computer as well, using photographs as source material for detailed composite images.http://oliviaparker.com/
