Tomb of King Merneptah, Thebes, Egypt. From a series on ancient Egypt for ‘Life’

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Tomb of King Merneptah, Thebes, Egypt. From a series on ancient Egypt for ‘Life’

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Te Papa Collections Online

Description

Brake used a technique called 'painting with light' in many of his Egyptian images. This involved working in darkness. First, he opened the camera shutter for a long exposure. Then assistants would move about the scene, shining a light on one part after another. This made it easier to illuminate a large scene without using a large array of fixed lights. It was also necessary when photographing tomb interiors, where long exposure to powerful photographic lights risked damaging the delicate wal...

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Date created

1966-1967

Creator

Brian Brake

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1043243

Related subjects

Tombs & sepulchral monuments / photographic gelatin / reversal film / cut film / colour transparencies / chromogenic processes / Thebes, Necropolis of

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