Photography exhibit features details of Italian architecture

Details of Roman architecture and sculpture highlight a photography exhibit on display through Feb. 17.

Black-and-white photos by English professor William McClung are featured in an exhibit titled "Latin Fragments" at the Giles Architecture Main Gallery.

A professor at Mississippi State since 1971, McClung has written widely about architecture and literature. His photographs also were featured in a 1994 Mississippi State exhibit titled "XI Sicilian Images XI."

"Latin Fragments" is a series of images that capture pieces of architecture_ruins, facades, roof architectures, and isolated figures or details of larger sculptural compositions. Most were photographed in Rome and date from the 16th to 18th centuries.

Other images are drawn from locations such as Naples, Mexico and Malibu and are from both ancient and modern times.

"The effects of blurring, stippling, mottling, and otherwise suppressing parts of the image are achieved by sponging the developer upon the exposed printing paper rather than immersing the paper in a bath," McClung explained.

An accompanying exhibit, also on display through Feb. 17, features color photographs of Italian architecture arranged in collages. The work was produced by Ohio State professor Kay Bea Jones from a study-abroad tour.