Longest Night from the series While Everyone Sleeps

Ayumi Tanaka · 2021

Before you is Longest Night from the series While Everyone Sleeps — a photograph by the Japanese artist Ayumi Tanaka, two thousand twenty-one. A gelatin silver print — the standard black-and-white photograph of the twentieth century, paper coated in gelatin holding light-sensitive silver, developed by hand in a tray. In the picture, look for the abstract shapes.

Medium Gelatin silver print · Dimensions 7 7/8 × 5 5/8" (20 × 14.3 cm) · Credit Committee on Photography Fund

Hanging beside it in Gallery 215: Daily Forecast: November 23rd, 2023, Daily Forecast: November 2nd, 2023

Works like this one elsewhere in the museum: Révélateur Tachiste, Rock, Bakers Beach, San Francisco, California, Kwannon, Molt (Toronto-Chicago-Woodridge-New York-Los Angeles-), Corn Leaf Rhythm, The Kitchen

More by Ayumi Tanaka here: Mirror from the series While Everyone Sleeps, It was always full moon when I used to see you from the series While Everyone Sleeps