Abelardo Morell

(American/Cuban, born 1948)

Abelardo Morell is a contemporary Cuban-born American photographer renowned for his use of camera obscura to capture land and cityscapes. The artists’s interest in the early technology came from a demonstration to his students in the early 1990s, and he has since used the technique to transform both outdoor and indoor spaces into agents of the photographic process. The results can look surreal, and Morell has said that “photography’s power is to make even dreams seem quite concrete.” Born on September 17, 1948 in Havana, Cuba, his family emigrated to the United States in 1962. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1977, from where he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts in 1997. Morell continued his studies at Yale University, earning an MFA in 1981. The artist currently lives and works in Boston, MA, and was the subject of the documentary Shadow of the House (2007).

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Camera obscura image of Times Square in..., 1997

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Camera obscura image of Times Square in..., 1997

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Four stacks of bound newspapers, 2001

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Four stacks of bound newspapers, 2001

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Camera obscura image of San Francisco..., 2002

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Camera obscura image of San Francisco..., 2002

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Camera obscura image of the Philadelphia..., 2005

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Camera obscura image of the Philadelphia..., 2005

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Camera obsura: Santa Maria della Salute, 2006

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Camera obsura: Santa Maria della Salute, 2006

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Camera obscura image of the Brooklyn Bridge..., 1999

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Camera obscura image of the Brooklyn Bridge..., 1999

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Camera obscura image of houses across the..., 1991

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Camera obscura image of houses across the..., 1991

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Book and camera: in memory of Fox Talbot..., 1999

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Book and camera: in memory of Fox Talbot..., 1999

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Light bulb, 1991

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Light bulb, 1991

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Water alphabet, 1998

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Water alphabet, 1998

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Camera obscura image of the Tower of London..., 2001

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Camera obscura image of the Tower of London..., 2001

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Play house, 1987

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Play house, 1987

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Brady looking at his shadow, 1991

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Brady looking at his shadow, 1991

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Laura and Brady in the shadow of our house, 1994

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Laura and Brady in the shadow of our house, 1994

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Camera obscura image of Umbrian landscape..., 2000

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Camera obscura image of Umbrian landscape..., 2000

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Camera obscura: El Vedado, Havana, looking..., 2002

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Camera obscura: El Vedado, Havana, looking..., 2002

Sale Date: January 28, 2011

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Camera obscura image of the Panthéon in the..., 1999

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Camera obscura image of the Panthéon in the..., 1999

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Right side up, camera obscura image of San..., 2007

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Right side up, camera obscura image of San..., 2007

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Camera obscura, image of Central Park in..., 1999

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Camera obscura, image of Central Park in..., 1999

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Camera obscura image of the Eiffel Tower in..., 1999

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Camera obscura image of the Eiffel Tower in..., 1999

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Camera obscura image of windows in gallery..., 2003

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Camera obscura image of windows in gallery..., 2003

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Camera Obscura image of Paris in the Hotel..., 1999

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Camera Obscura image of Paris in the Hotel..., 1999

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Upright camera obscura image of the..., 2007

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Upright camera obscura image of the..., 2007

Sale Date: September 16, 2008

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The loveliest garden you ever saw, 1998

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The loveliest garden you ever saw, 1998

Sale Date: December 1, 2009

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