Faking it : manipulated photography before Photoshop : [exhibition, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 11 October 2012 - 27 January 2013 ; Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art, 17 February - 5 May 2013 ; Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, 2 June - 25 August 2013]
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : Fineman Mia ; Metropolitan museum of art ; National gallery of art ; Museum of fine arts ;
- Editeurs : New York (N.Y.) New Haven (Conn.) Metropolitan Museum of Art Yale University Press (distrib.) ;
- Date d'édition : Cop. 2012
- ISBN : 978-0-300-18501-0, 0-300-18501-4, 978-1-588-39473-6, 1-588-39473-5
- Sujets : Truquage (photographie) -- Catalogues d'exposition, Photographie
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XVI-280 p.), : Ill. en noir et en coul., jaquette ill., 28 cm
- Pays de publication : États-Unis
Notes
Bibliogr. p. 268-269 et 273. Notes bibliogr. Glossaire. Index
Résumé
'It is a long-held truism that 'the camera does not lie'. Yet, as Mia Fineman argues in this illuminating volume, that statement contains its own share of untruth. While modern technological innovations, such as Adobe's Photoshop software, have accustomed viewers to more obvious levels of image manipulation, the practice of 'doctoring' photographs has in fact existed since the medium was invented. In 'Faking It', Fineman demonstrates that today's digitally manipulated images are part of a continuum that begins with the earliest years of photography, encompassing methods as diverse as overpainting, multiple exposure, negative retouching, combination printing, and photomontage. Among the book's revelations are previously unknown and never before published images that document the acts of manipulation behind two canonical works of modern photography: one blatantly fantastical (Yves Klein's 'Leap into the Void' of 1960); the other a purportedly unadulterated record of a real place in time (Paul Strand's 'City Hall Park' of 1915). Featuring 160 captivating pictures created between the 1840s and 1990s in the service of art, politics, news, entertainment, and commerce, 'Faking It' provides an essential counterhistory of photography as an inspired blend of fabricated truths and artful falsehoods.' (résumé editeur)