Moss Fingers
Clarence John Laughlin
American, 1905–1985

Details
Title
Moss Fingers
Artist/Maker
Clarence John Laughlin (American, 1905–1985)
Date
1946, printed 1947
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
13 × 10 5/8 inches
Credit
Bequest of the artist
Accession #
1985.99
On View
Currently not on view
In 1939, Laughlin began a series of photographs published nine years later as Ghosts Along the Mississippi. He focused on antebellum plantation architecture in Louisiana, photographing not only stereotypical mansions but also smaller cabins, cemeteries, and churches. He believed that the integration of environmental elements into plantation architecture was one source of inspiration for modern architecture. This image of Greenwood Plantation, which once served as a 12,000-acre sugar plantation, draws attention to the poetic beauty of the central building and its surrounding mossy oaks.
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