Accession Code: wu0677 Title: Kalimba Date completed: 1989 Medium: Photograph Material: Van Dyke print Height (mm): 532 Width (mm): 431 Depth (mm): n/a Inscription: None Location Name: Social Sciences Location Description: Sociology Location Floor: 0

© Arezoo Moseni/ VAGA at ARS, NY and DACS, London 2021
 
Moseni trained in Fine Art at Utah State University where she became interested in black and white photography. Now based in New York, Moseni uses the Van Dyke print to create many of her works. In this 19th century photographic technique, the paper is coated with hand applied emulsion, exposed to sunlight and developed with water. The result is a print which looks rich and three dimensional, with a velvety finish. Moseni has moved from figure work, which she pursued for over 10 years, to the still life.

She describes her reasons for this:

" I feel the still life objects have a very human element to them. I found that it was
refreshing for me to work with the still life because I could have a still life literally
sitting in my studio for a month, working with them until I found precisely what I
wanted in an image. "