hen Cindy Bernard created this image, she hoped that viewers would get confused. Although the image includes details of the colors and forms of the landscape, other details—those that would help you figure out the scale or nature of this place—are missing. Bernard wanted viewers to use their imaginations to bring the image to life.	Cindy Bernard  (United States, b. 1959) Topography: Dry Head Agate #9  (Detail 1), 1995 Chromogenic development  (Ektacolor) print 30 x 40 in. (unframed) Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Ralph M. Parsons Fund, AC1995.67.1 © Cindy Bernard, photo ©2002 LACMA [Click on image for larger view]
Picture yourself in the place depicted in the photograph. What would it be like to be there? Do you imagine the place as very large, like the Grand Canyon, or very small?