id: 157002 accession number: 1993.156 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1993.156 updated: 2023-08-23 23:18:52.645000 The Aqueduct Claudio, 1989. Geoffrey James (British, 1942-). Gelatin silver print; image: 8.5 x 25.7 cm (3 3/8 x 10 1/8 in.); paper: 11.6 x 30.5 cm (4 9/16 x 12 in.); matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1993.156 title: The Aqueduct Claudio title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1989 creation date earliest: 1989 creation date latest: 1989 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: England, 20th century technique: gelatin silver print department: Photography collection: PH - British 20th Century type: Photograph find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Geoffrey James (British, 1942-) - artist Geoffrey James British, b. Wales, 1942- The garden panoramas for which Geoffrey James is best known depict utopian spaces that, since the height of their grandeur in centuries past, have fallen into decay and neglect. He uses a large-format camera fitted with a curved film plane to allow the dramatic curves of his architectural and natural subjects to speak most effectively. The resulting monochromatic panoramas are three times longer than they are high, which allows for multiple vantage points and the play of perspective. James's most obvious historical precedent is Eugène Atget, whose extensive series of Parisian gardens speak with a similar technical vocabulary. James (born in St. Asaph) was educated at Wellington College in Crowthorne, Berkshire, and at Wadham College, Oxford, where he studied modern history (B.A., 1962; M.A., 1964). He taught himself photography in 1965, then moved to Canada, working for several years as contributing editor of Time magazine in Montreal (1967-75), as head of the Visual Arts Section of the Canada Council, Ottawa (1975-82), and on various independent freelance projects. James has also taught at the University of Ottawa (1982-84) and has received a fellowship from the Graham Foundation in Fine Arts (1984) and an artist-in-residency from the Centre International de Recherche de Création et d'Animation, Villeneuve-les-Avignon, France (1985). A retrospective of his work, Genius Loci, was organized by the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography (1986). His publications include Transparent Things: The Artist's Use of Photography (1977), The Legacy of Atget (coauthor, 1977), Visions: Essays on Contemporary Canadian Art (coeditor, 1977), Entrances and Exits (1984), I Giardini Italiani (1985), Genius Loci (1986), and Morbid Symptoms (1987). James lives in Toronto. A.W. --- measurements: Image: 8.5 x 25.7 cm (3 3/8 x 10 1/8 in.); Paper: 11.6 x 30.5 cm (4 9/16 x 12 in.); Matted: 40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Written in pencil on verso: "Acquduct [sic] Claudio 89 Geoffrey James [signed] 10" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art, Tom E Hinson. Catalogue of Photography. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. page number: Reproduced: P. 204 url: --- IMAGES