http://hyperallergic.com/58916/dreaming-in-argentina-when-juan-peron-was-president/
Quote from the above link: "Before discussing Stern’s work, I want to say something about William Mortensen (1897–1965), who was both a photographer and the author of numerous manuals and books, including Madonnas and Monsters (1936). Born nearly a decade before Sommer and Laughlin, and working at the same time as Edward Steichen (1879 –1973) and Alfred Steiglitz (1864–1946), Mortensen championed photographic manipulation over straight photography, and paid for it dearly. Ansel Adams (1902–1984) dubbed Mortensen “the Anti-Christ,” which tells you how much he was reviled and feared by “straight” photographers. In the ensuing argument between Mortensen and the purists, straight photography won out. In his seminal study, The History of Photography from 1839 to the Present (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1937), Beaumont Newhall left Mortensen out altogether. Now that Photoshop has become ubiquitous, perhaps Mortensen’s fortune will change." Also of interest (wow!) http://feralhouse.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/American-Grotesque-Excerpt.pdf On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 6:41 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > Bruce is being tongue-in-cheek with his "Photoshopping" comment, but > there was lots of photo manipulation being done in film days (and > before) both at the negative and in the printing (as with the work of > one of my photographic hero's Jerry Uelsmann.) I wouldn't be surprised > if > > http://120pearls.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/film-photo-manipulation-b-p-before-photoshop/ > > http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2012/09/28/before-photoshop-how-photographers-have-been-manipulating-images-for-years > > See also: > Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop (Metropolitan > Museum of Art) by Mia Fineman > http://www.amazon.com/Faking-Manipulated-Photography-Photoshop-Metropolitan/dp/0300185014/ > In fact, it appears (from Google Books) that Ms. Fineman's book > includes some discussion involving the work of William Mortensen. A > footnote in her bibliography makes reference to a June 1934 "Camera > Craft 41" article written by William Mortensen entitled "Fallacies of > 'Pure Photography'". That might be interesting to track down. > > > On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 6:15 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: >> Very cool, but I suspect Photoshopping. >> >> :) >> >> Thanks for that article, Bob. My kind of stuff. >> >> On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 4:56 PM, Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Some good stuff here: >>> >>> http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/oct/06/american-nightmares-the-photography-of-william-mortensen >>> >>> B >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> >> -- >> -bmw >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs > look like photographs. > ~ Alfred Stieglitz -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. ~ Alfred Stieglitz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
