By Aaron Burden Abelardo Morell Basic Facts Abelardo Morell was born in Cuba in 1948 and grew up mostly in New York. He studied at Bowdin College and Yale University. Abelardo Morell is best know for his use of a cenrety old technique know as ‘camera obscura’. Below are a few examples of Abelardo Morell’s work. Abelardo would use a normal room such as a bedroom as a screen for him to project onto. As you can see below he would often use wellknown sites as his centrepiece. Once he has set up is large scale ‘camera obscura’, he would photograph the room to preserve the work. This image stood out to me because of the colour contrast between the bed and the projected image. In the projected background you can see the Brooklyn Bridge, which is illuminated by a warm sandy coloured light. This contrasts with the dark brown of the wooden headboard and the deep red of the pillows and bed sheets. Although the main centre of attention is the image of the Brooklyn Bridge, the strong colours of the bed brings the viewer back to the location that the photo was taken which is a bedroom. I believe this is intentional in order to keep the viewer in 2 places at ones. This is further supported by the strength of the red in the image, as it is very distinct and hard to ignore.