The Grotesque in Photography
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| + | "The main tributaries of the river of the grotesque in photography, then, have been these: | ||
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| + | *the widely disseminated documentary or [[photojournalistic]] imagery of violence, social aberration, suffering, and death; | ||
| + | *the equally omnipresent commercial imagery -- advertising, fashion, illustration, even postcard -- in which fantasy was permissible; | ||
| + | *the vernacular imagery made for medical/anthropological/forensic/military purposes, which created an enormous body of unintentionally grotesque images though the audience for same was limited; and | ||
| + | *work by those few photographers who disregarded the fashion for "purism" and pursued the grotesque aspects of their own personal visions despite pressure to the contrary: [[William Mortensen]], [[Clarence John Laughlin]], [[Francis Bruguière]], and sundry others." | ||
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| + | "[[Les Krims]], [[Jeffrey Silverthorne]], [[Manuel Alvarez Bravo]], [[Marion Faller]], [[Emmet Gowin]], and [[Paul Diamond]] have also photographed the carcasses of animals. Diamond's ferocious close-up of a set of snarling dog teeth bared in a rictus of death (page 69) is such a "found" event, as is Gowin's "Butchering, Near Chatham, Va." (pages 34-35)." | ||
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| + | "All life is only a set of [[mental image|pictures in the brain]], among which there is no difference betwixt those born of [[Reality|real things]] and those born of [[mental life|inward dreamings]], and no cause to value the one above the other."-- H. P. Lovecraft, "[[The Silver Key]]", epigram | ||
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| + | "As recently as 1953 ... [[William M. Ivins]] called [[photography]] the first [[visual medium]] "without [[syntax]]." | ||
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| - | ''[[The Grotesque in Photography]]'' (1977, New York: Summit, Ridge Press) is a book by [[A. D. Coleman]]. | + | ''[[The Grotesque in Photography]]''[http://www.photocriticism.com/members/archivetexts/photohistory/coleman/colemangrotesque1.html] (1977, New York: Summit, Ridge Press) is a book by [[A. D. Coleman]] which explores the grotesque sensibility in photography. |
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| - | :"a first collection of photographers whose fantastic visions of life are as revolutionary as those of the impressionist, a Ridge Press Book." | + | :"a first collection of photographers whose fantastic visions of life are as revolutionary as those of the impressionists." |
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| - | :"All life is only a set of pictures in the brain, among which there is no difference betwixt those born of real things and those born of inward dreamings, and no cause to value the one above the other." | + | |
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| - | ::-- H. P. Lovecraft, "[[The Silver Key]]" | + | |
| + | ==Selection of images== | ||
| + | *''[[The Deerslayers]]'' by Les Krims | ||
| + | *[[Post-mortem daguerreotypes of children]] | ||
| + | *[[Photographers of the American Civil War]] | ||
| + | *[[Nick Ut]] | ||
| + | *[[Tom Howard (photographer)|Tom Howard]]'s unauthorized photograph of the electrocution of convicted murderer [[Ruth Snyder]] | ||
| + | *[[War photography ]] and [[forensic photography]] | ||
| + | *[[Alexander Gardner]]'s series on the hanging of the Lincoln conspirators | ||
| + | *[[Jesse James]]'s body[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jesse_James_dead_02.jpg] by [[A. A. Hughes]] | ||
| + | *[[O. G. Rejlander]]'s "Fear" | ||
| + | *[[Louis Ducos du Hauron]]'s self portraits | ||
| + | *[[Charles D. Fredricks]] | ||
| + | *"[[George Platt Lynes]], [[Erwin Blumenfeld]], [[Nikolas Muray]], [[Irving Penn]], [[Paul Outerbridge]], and more recently [[Helmut Newton]], [[Guy Bourdin]], [[Deborah Turbeville]], and [[Chris von Wangenheim]] have all entered the territory of the grotesque." | ||
| + | ==Mentions== | ||
| + | *''[[The Grotesque in Art and Literature]]'' | ||
| + | *Stephen Crane's ''[[The Red Badge of Courage]]'' | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Wisconsin Death Trip]] | ||
| + | *[[Photo criticism]] | ||
| *[[Grotesque art]] | *[[Grotesque art]] | ||
| - | *[[Grotesque photography]] | + | *[[Grotesque]] |
| + | *[[Photography]] | ||
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"The main tributaries of the river of the grotesque in photography, then, have been these:
"Les Krims, Jeffrey Silverthorne, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Marion Faller, Emmet Gowin, and Paul Diamond have also photographed the carcasses of animals. Diamond's ferocious close-up of a set of snarling dog teeth bared in a rictus of death (page 69) is such a "found" event, as is Gowin's "Butchering, Near Chatham, Va." (pages 34-35)." "All life is only a set of pictures in the brain, among which there is no difference betwixt those born of real things and those born of inward dreamings, and no cause to value the one above the other."-- H. P. Lovecraft, "The Silver Key", epigram "As recently as 1953 ... William M. Ivins called photography the first visual medium "without syntax." |
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The Grotesque in Photography[1] (1977, New York: Summit, Ridge Press) is a book by A. D. Coleman which explores the grotesque sensibility in photography.
Blurb:
- "a first collection of photographers whose fantastic visions of life are as revolutionary as those of the impressionists."
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Selection of images
- The Deerslayers by Les Krims
- Post-mortem daguerreotypes of children
- Photographers of the American Civil War
- Nick Ut
- Tom Howard's unauthorized photograph of the electrocution of convicted murderer Ruth Snyder
- War photography and forensic photography
- Alexander Gardner's series on the hanging of the Lincoln conspirators
- Jesse James's body[2] by A. A. Hughes
- O. G. Rejlander's "Fear"
- Louis Ducos du Hauron's self portraits
- Charles D. Fredricks
- "George Platt Lynes, Erwin Blumenfeld, Nikolas Muray, Irving Penn, Paul Outerbridge, and more recently Helmut Newton, Guy Bourdin, Deborah Turbeville, and Chris von Wangenheim have all entered the territory of the grotesque."
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Mentions
- The Grotesque in Art and Literature
- Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage
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See also
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