Abelardo Morell

Abelardo Morell was born in Havana, Cuba in 1948. His family fled Cuba in 1962 he got his bachelor of fine arts at bowdoin college in 1977 and a master of fine arts at yale university in 1981. So far he has written five independent books (and a number of collaborative titles): A camera in a room (1995), Abelardo Morell and the Camera Eye (1999), A Book of Books (2002), Camera Obscura (2004), Abelardo Morell (2006).

he really likes to make art before he photographs it, and it is often having to do with light, he loves camera obscura images, and whatever the heck this is...

he also really enjoys making art with books

he also enjoys cliches (he actually titled the section i found this photo in cliches) but he tries to set them apart slightly

I really like his subject matter because he takes everyday stuff and makes it dusty in quality (which I really like) as well as his wonky camera obscura stuff. but one thing all his photographs have in common: he tries to make art before he even captures it in his camera.