Maquette, page 6 1935 - 1944

Nathan Lerner made this photographic maquette in 1936 using gelatin silver prints. You can see two images, each offering a different way of seeing a similar subject. I like how Lerner creates this visual echo between the images, a kind of mirror reflection that plays with perception and reality. The texture in the top image, taken in 1935, is so luscious, a body lying on a surface, with the lines of water in the background. Then, in the lower image, it reappears as a miniature within a rearview mirror, a captured moment seen through glass. I wonder what Lerner was thinking, juxtaposing these images. Maybe he was interested in different perspectives, and different ways of seeing the world. I know that as an artist, I am constantly in search of new ways to reveal new perspectives. It's like a painter trying to capture a fleeting moment, always changing, always moving.