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In this black and white photo, an older couple looks sweetly at the camera. Their skin is middle-toned and they are nicely dressed. His large hands are clasped together.

Lisa Limer

Corsican Couple

Description

Maker

Lisa Limer (American, b. 1956), (RISD BFA 1977, Photography)

Title

Corsican Couple
The Ninth Annual Portfolio of the Photographic Education Society, Rhode Island School of Design

Year

1973

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

silver print

Dimensions

Image 18 x 14.7 cm (7 1/16 x 5 13/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Verso, written in ink LR: 10

Identification

Edition

60/100

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Georgianna Sayles Aldrich Fund

Object Number

77.054.10

Type

Projects & Publications

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 16: Intimacy

RISD Museum’s Manual 16 Embraces Intimacy

Intimacy reveals something deeply human in us. We need each other on a practical level, which means having to trust strangers. It’s analogous to what I understand prayer requires and what writing poems requires: an openness to the unknown, coupled with trust, a belief that we won’t be hurt. It’s at once akin to and the same as devotion.
-Carl Phillips

The RISD Museum’s sixteenth issue of Manual touches on the bonds of intimacy and its many expressions. This issue complements the exhibition Any distance between us, co-curated by Stephen Truax and Dominic Molon, on view at the RISD Museum through March 13, 2022.

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Lisa Limer (American, b. 1956)
Corsican Couple; The Ninth Annual Portfolio of the Photographic Education Society, Rhode Island School of Design, 1973
silver print
Image 18 x 14.7 cm (7 1/16 x 5 13/16 inches)
Georgianna Sayles Aldrich Fund 77.054.10

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