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Photography

At an early stage in its development - and reminiscent of the legend of Butades and the origin of painting - the photograph was used to keep the memory of dead relatives and friends alive. But in addition to serving as a "print" or "new shadow", photography also turned its attention to the cast shadow, and in so doing influenced other arts, including painting. As a constructive, expressive, documentary or experimental - and even self-reflecting - element, the shadow is present in the work of Ansel Adams, Francesc Català-Roca, Constantin Brancusi, Brassaï, André Kertész, Dorothea Lange, Man Ray, Alexander Rodchenko and Umbo, among others, exhibited here. This section closes with three photographs by the British contemporary artist Sam Taylor-Wood, based on Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula, with the artist's body in ecstasy supported by a chair which, like the famous vampire, casts no shadow.