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Over the past twenty-five years, Abelardo Morell (b. 1948) has earned inter­na­tional praise for his images that use the lan­guage of phở­tog­ra­phy to explore visual sur­prise and won­der. Born in Havana, Cuba, Morell came to the United States as a … Con­tinue read­ing →

A ret­ro­spec­tive of Morell’s career: 105 phở­tographs span­ning 30 years. Phở­tographs by Abelardo Morell. Intro­duc­tion by Richard Wood­ward. TF Edi­tores, Spain. Phaidon Press, Lon­don. English/Spanish/French Pub­li­ca­tion Pur­chase at Amazon.com “Abelardo Morell’s cam­era trans­forms the recesses of the world into some­thing even … Con­tinue read­ing →

Phở­tographs by Abelardo Morell. Intro­duc­tion by Luc Sante Bulfinch Press, New York 2004 Pur­chase at Amazon.com “The cam­era obscura seems lit­tle short of mirac­u­lous, even after the opti­cal ratio­nale has been explained… That Abelardo Morell was able to phở­to­graph the thing in … Con­tinue read­ing →

Phở­tographs by Abelardo Morell. Intro­duc­tion by Nichol­son Baker Bulfinch Press, New York 2002 Pur­chase at Amazon.com “At least in a fig­u­ra­tive sense, this book…is a bibliophile’s dream. The 52 well-reproduced phở­tographs are paeans to the mate­ri­al­ity of book­ness, as imag­ined from every … Con­tinue read­ing →

Phở­tographs by Abelardo Morell. Essay by Diana Gas­ton Museum of Phở­to­graphic Arts, SanDiego, CA 1999 Pur­chase at Amazon.com “Con­sis­tently through­out his work, Morell dis­rupts the bound­aries of a fixed or per­ma­nent under­stand­ing of things. Like Lewis Caroll’s White Rab­bit, Morell … Con­tinue read­ing →

By Lewis Car­roll. Photo-Illustrations by Abelardo Morell. Intro­duc­tion by Leonard S. Mar­cus Dut­ton Children’s Books, New York 1998 Pur­chase at Amazon.com “For his illus­tra­tions, Abelardo Morell had the bril­liant idea of mak­ing the book itself a char­ac­ter in the story. … Con­tinue read­ing →

Phở­tographs by Abelardo Morell. Essays by Charles Simic and Jen­nifer Gross Isabella Stew­art Gar­dener Museum 1998 Pur­chase at Amazon.com “The aston­ish­ing aspect of Morell’s phở­tographs is their abil­ity to give this old world a new look. What is this he’s got … Con­tinue read­ing →

Smith­son­ian “Phở­tog­ra­phers at Work” Series. Phở­tographs by Abelardo Morell. Inter­view and Essay by Richard B. Wood­ward. Smith­son­ian Insti­tu­tion Press, Wash­ing­ton, D.C. 1995 Pur­chase at Amazon.com “Abelardo Morell has dis­tin­guished him­self in the ‘90s as an artist of unique tech­ni­cal ele­gance and … Con­tinue read­ing →