Photography as Fiction
Erin C. Garcia
Hardcover | 18.42 x 1.52 x 22.23 cm | 112 pp
J. Paul Getty Museum | 2010 | 9781606060315
From as early as 1839, artists began exploring photography's enormous potential for storytelling and often went to great lengths to stage pictures for the camera.
Photography as Fiction opens with a short introductory essay summarising the history of staged photography, highlighting key debates on the mediums blunt factuality and its capacity for deception. The book goes on to showcase 76 works by both widely known and less prominent artists, including Man Ray, Julia Margaret Cameron, Dora Maar, Andy Warhol, Alfred Stieglitz, Lewis Carroll, Julia Margaret Cameron, Jo Ann Callis, and Paul Outerbridge.
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Erin C. Garcia
Hardcover | 18.42 x 1.52 x 22.23 cm | 112 pp
J. Paul Getty Museum | 2010 | 9781606060315
From as early as 1839, artists began exploring photography's enormous potential for storytelling and often went to great lengths to stage pictures for the camera.
Photography as Fiction opens with a short introductory essay summarising the history of staged photography, highlighting key debates on the mediums blunt factuality and its capacity for deception. The book goes on to showcase 76 works by both widely known and less prominent artists, including Man Ray, Julia Margaret Cameron, Dora Maar, Andy Warhol, Alfred Stieglitz, Lewis Carroll, Julia Margaret Cameron, Jo Ann Callis, and Paul Outerbridge.
