Sahinefendi, Goreme, Turkey
Lois Conner
American, born 1951
1989
A wide platinum-print photograph in which Lois Conner uses a panoramic format to quietly record a roadside stand of trees and the eroded hills of Sahinefendi, Goreme, translating a local landscape into a meditative study of place and light.
What strikes you is its calm horizontal sweep — a narrow, curving road and tall poplars silhouetted against a pale sky, while the velvety grayscale and exquisite tonal detail of the platinum print make the rocky slopes and dry grasses feel tactile and slow to reveal themselves.
Conner’s work ties 19th‑century printing craft to late‑20th‑century photographic practice, reviving platinum printing and the panoramic viewpoint to make travel and landscape into a deliberate, observational art that bridges documentary and fine‑art traditions.
Medium
Platinum print
Dimensions
6 1/2 × 16 1/2" (16.6 × 42 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
E.T. Harmax Foundation Fund
Accession
305.1991
Palette
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