Negative Image
About
Artworks—usually photographs—featuring imagery that resembles a “negative.” In traditional photography, a negative image was what was exposed on film when a photograph was taken. The process of printing a picture involved reversing the image, so that all its negative values were made positive. In color photography, the negative image contains complementary colors to that which is being photographed.
Related Categories
The Abject, Traditional Photographic Techniques, Use of Traditional Techniques, Contemporary Modernist-Type Photography, Silhouettes, Engaged with Traditional Chinese Art, Censorship, East Asian Calligraphy, Long Exposure, Urbanization
