1985.136, Liliane De Cock Morgan, Trees and Canal near Bruges, Belgium, unknown date

Artist Liliane De Cock Morgan lived a migratory life beginning when she and other children were forced to relocate to an orphanage in the south of Belgium to escape potential air bombing raids during World War II. She arrived in New York in 1960 and met Brett Weston, the son of photographer Edward Weston. She began dabbling in photography, and at Weston's recommendation she became studio assistant to the photographer Ansel Adams. Quickly learning Adams' composition strategies, Morgan soon began innovations of her own, exploring tonal effects such as the lights and darks shown in Trees and Canal near Bruges, Belgium. This photograph ranges from milky whites to sharp dark grays, using the subject of the tree-lined road to create a striated composition that emphasizes the contrasts of light and dark, soft and sharp.

Chelsea Pierce, Soft Focus, Label copy [1985.136], 2018.

Until 1985: Collection of Susan Teegardin, Dallas, TX

From 1985: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of the above

[1] See miscellaneous correspondence in Collections Records Object File 1985.136

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