This book is from the "Invisible City Series." Zellen describes her work in an afterward that states, "The photograph is a framed segment of reality, captured by an unknown photographer, It is a picture of a public place - an interior or exterior view that depicts the city as a place for action and change. The image is fragmented and distanced from the original through cropping and selection. In these images the places become uninhabitable and the people become isolated. The language is abstracted. The text becomes an image." The Sackner Archive holds a photograph from this series. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This book is from the "Invisible City Series." Zellen describes her work in an afterward that states, "The photograph is a framed segment of reality, captured by an unknown photographer, It is a picture of a public place - an interior or exterior view that depicts the city as a place for action and change. The image is fragmented and distanced from the original through cropping and selection. In these images the places become uninhabitable and the people become isolated. The language is abstracted. The text becomes an image." The Sackner Archive holds a photograph from this series. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The text incorporated into reproductions of colored, collaged photographs was adapted from the book, "Invisible Cities" by Italo Calvino. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The text that is printed as a horizontal line of words on the translucent paper pages is taken from "crowds and power" by Elias Canetti. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The is a photograph of a collage done by Zellen that incorporates an image of the Galleria in Milan, Italy with textural statements placed in the spaces of this structure about city life as interpreted by the artist. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The image was taken from an engraving of a large room within a Victorian, commercial picture gallery. Zellin substituted fragmenteds text for the visual images within the picture frames hanging on the walls and propped against the walls and staircase balconies. The picture frame at the lower right corner contains the text, "ER-THE END." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The photographic images in this book are grainy whereas the overlying text is crisp. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.