Rosa Mundi 9

DESCRIPTION Archival ink on museum-quality cotton rag paper | 2021 For his new series of island photographs, artist Brian Merriam manages to do the improbable: to render the invisible visible. In Rosa Mundi, a series of rose-colored snapshots of the natural environment, the pinks and maroons that color baby ferns, rock walls, and palm trees aren’t pigments—they are the infrared portions of the scene that are invisible to the naked eye. Merriam uses a converted camera with sensitivity to the full spectrum of light to capture the images, allowing the viewer a condensed first, second, and third glimpse of a place—seeing all at once what has always been there but has remained just out of sight. Rosa Mundi is a magic act—with the range of visible light expanded in such a way, a little more of the universe is rendered perceptible, and the familiar is made unfamiliar once again. DIMENSIONS 18 x 12 inches 24 x 16 inches 45 x 30 inches 60 x 40 inches FRAMED DIMENSIONS 12 x 18 inches: Matted: 25.5 x 19.5 x 2 inches Full Bleed: 19.5 x 13.5 x 1.5 inches inches 24 x 16 inches: Matted: 31.5 x 23.5 x 2 inches Full Bleed: 25.5 x 17.5 x 2 inches 45 x 30 inches: Matted: 53 x 38 x 2 inches Full Bleed: 47 x 32 x 2 inches 60 x 40 inches: Full Bleed: 62 x 42 x 2 inches AUTHENTICATION The work comes with a Certification of Authenticity signed and numbered by the Co-Founder of Tappan Studio Visit Q. Identify yourself as a photographer? A. Artist is better, artist working in photography… Read More Explore See more from Brian Merriam's series, Ancient Medicine. Explore Now