While viewing this image, visitors responded to one of the questions Catherine Opie posed about portraits.


  • Which of these landscapes intrigues you and why?

  • Write a story or poem inspired by one of these pictures. Or, if one of them brings a memory to mind, tell that story.

  • Some of these images are made spontaneously while others are carefully staged by the artist. How does this difference in approach affect your response?


This picture reminds me of the paintings at the church I was christened back home in Bulgaria. It reminds me of the Biblical story of the birth of Jesus, but if I have to give a title to this one, I’ll call it the "Female Star of Jerusalem?"

-Desimira


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Gregory Crewdson, Untitled (from Twilight), 1999. Chromogenic print (laser exposure), 50 x 60 inches (127 x 152.4 cm), edition 4/10. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Purchased with funds contributed by the Photography Committee 2000.70
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