Contemporary Art
Schwartz Art Collection
Schwartz Art Collection
Thomas Allen
(American, born 1963)
Loaded, 2006
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Thomas Allen, Loaded, 2006, chromogenic print. 20 x 24 in., Schwartz Art Collection, Harvard Business School
Inspired by the pop-up books he read as a child, Allen cuts figures out of mid-century books and pulp fiction paperbacks to use as still life subjects in his photographs.