Angel of the Annunciation
2002
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
2002
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This photo turns an old carved angel into something new. Edgar Lissel shot it in 2002 at the Victoria and Albert Museum. He used a giant pinhole camera built right around the angel’s display case. Light leaked through a tiny hole for a full day and made a negative print on photo paper inside the case. The sculpture’s shape shows up flipped. The gallery’s lights look like black stars in the image. It makes the 15th-century angel feel like it’s floating in space. Check out the artist Lissel, Edgar.
