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How the Dead Sea dress changed colors and captivated the world

The science behind the art sensation created and photographed by Sigalit Landau.

 

Cynthia McKelvey

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Posted on Aug 26, 2016   Updated on May 26, 2021, 4:11 am CDT

The world is abuzz with news of this dress, lifted from the Dead Sea and encrusted with white crystals of salt.

As part of a series on salt, Israeli artist Sigalit Landau submerged the dress into the super-salty Dead Sea. The dress was originally black—a replica of the dress worn by an actress playing a haunted woman in a Hasidic Jewish ghost story. In the story, the woman is possessed after her husband-to-be dies before they can wed, according to Live Science.

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Now, photos of the Small Salt Bride dress are on display at the Marlborough Contemporary museum in London, England. You can get a glimpse of the eight shots taken underwater up close and personal from now until Sept. 3.

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*First Published: Aug 26, 2016, 6:18 pm CDT