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She first experimented with solarisation in 1934 in Paris. Although working in the spirit of Surrealism, she later claimed that at the time she was unaware of  Man Ray (1890-1976) and Lee Miller's (1907-1977) experiments with this technique. Solarisation happens when negatives are exposed to light in the darkroom during developing and printing, producing partly reversed images. Bing's experiments developed from an interest in light. As she explained, at the time 'light was considered the medium that permits photography. But for me it became the main subject: the protagonist of my photography'. 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Label text:\r\n\r\nIsle Bing (1899–1998)\r\nHats, Hats, Hats\r\n1934\r\n\r\nHoyningen-Huene and Horst photographed fashions with cumbersome 10 x 8 inch plate cameras, largely confining their work to the studio. In contrast, Bing’s portable Leica provided her with the freedom to roam. Like Man Ray and Lee Miller, Bing experimented with solarisation in the 1930s, a technique in which the negative is exposed to light during processing to create a partly reversed image.\r\n\r\nGelatin silver print from solarised negative, printed 1985\r\nGiven by Ilse Bing Wolff\r\nMuseum no. E.3059-2004\r\n","date":{"text":"07 03 2014","earliest":"2014-03-07","latest":"2014-03-07"}}],"partNumbers":["E.3059-2004"],"accessionNumberNum":"3059","accessionNumberPrefix":"E","accessionYear":2004,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-16","recordCreationDate":"2005-10-24","availableToBook":false}}