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The Artist Project: Laura McPhee

Feb 29, 2016 3 MINUTES
"To have this whole symphony occurring in one image, that’s fantastic."

Artist Laura McPhee reflects on Pieter Bruegel the Elder's "The Harvesters" in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.

About the Artist
Laura McPhee, born in 1958, is an American photographer.

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Color photograph by Laura McPhee of the Blue Lagoon in Iceland with bathers in the water, a boy pushing a yellow canoe into the water, and a Geothermal Pumping Station in the background

Laura McPhee (American, born 1958) and Virginia Beahan (American, born 1946)

The Blue Lagoon, Svartsengi Geothermal Pumping Station, Iceland, 1988

Chromogenic print; 29 1/4 × 37 in. (74.3 × 94 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Laura McPhee and Virginia Beahan, 2000 (2000.101) © Laura McPhee and Virginia Beahan

Artworks in this video

The Harvesters
The Harvesters
Pieter Bruegel the Elder

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