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Self-Portrait
Major collection: Holography
Named collection: Holography Collection
Object type: hologram
Maker: New York Art Alliance; Burns, Jody
Date made: 1977
Materials: 120° integral stereogram (Multiplex); film
Measurements: 9 1/2 in x 19 in
Nomenclature: fine art
Classification: holograms
Please note that due to the unique challenges of holography as a medium, high-resolution digital images are not available for most items in the holography collection. Please contact us for more information on reproducing images of holograms.
MOH-1977.17
Named collection: Holography Collection
Object type: hologram
Maker: New York Art Alliance; Burns, Jody
Date made: 1977
Materials: 120° integral stereogram (Multiplex); film
Measurements: 9 1/2 in x 19 in
Nomenclature: fine art
Classification: holograms
Rainbow-colored self-portrait from waist up of holographer Jody Burns, wearing a leather jacket with fur collar; when viewer stands to left of hologram, he is shown in profile so that his right side is visible; as viewer moves to left, his position rotates so that he looks directly at viewer; when viewer reaches far right side of hologram, he is shown in profile so that his left side is visible.
Please note that due to the unique challenges of holography as a medium, high-resolution digital images are not available for most items in the holography collection. Please contact us for more information on reproducing images of holograms.
MOH-1977.17