Artwork copyright Robert Haft. Photo courtesy of the artist.

The Real Paris, 1993

Robert Haft
(American, born 1949)

Location: Washington State Arts Commission, Olympia

ABOUT THE ARTWORK

The Real Paris was captured by artist Robert Haft as part of a series of diptych photographs taken while the artist was teaching in France. Haft notes "I tried to make photographs that captured the feelings that one often has while traveling in a foreign country...Thus I began printing two pictures side-by-side. Seen together as one image, they present the viewer with a sort of visual puzzle; trying to solve that puzzle is like being in a foreign culture."

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with White River School District.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Northwest photographer Bob Haft creates documentary images that explore the limitations and possibilities of visual and verbal language. Much of his work focuses on the honest depiction of the inner lives and experiences of children.

Haft received a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology and a Master of Fine Arts degree in photography from Washington State University in Pullman, Eastern Washington. Based in Olympia, Washington, Haft teaches in the Art Department at The Evergreen State College.