American Grotesque: The Life and Art of William Mortensen
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (764 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1936239973 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 300 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Lothar Tuppan said Absolutely Gorgeous (in a Grotesque sort of way). The editors and publisher who republished Mortensen's "The Command to Look" have also produced this absolutely gorgeous collection of Mortensen's photographs. Beautifully bound, and with additional essays that perfectly accompany the photos, this is a book very worth having in one's library.. When Venus and the Vulcan Met in Photography Danno Never heard of William Mortensen? Neither did I until recently, and I thought I knew a lot about photography. Mortensen fell into obscurity after his death in the 1960s and is experiencing a modestly-sized revival, due to the resonance his fantastic analog imagery has on today's more receptive audience. The cover of this book is truth-in-advertising - Mortensen's heavily retouched photos could pass for stills from an alternate universe in which the Hays Production Code never took effect and 1930s Hollywood was as lurid, macabre, and explicit as possible. In other words, this is a creative world in . "Just buy it and give it as a gift for your soul" according to Jorge. Absolutely stunning: the life of Mortensen, his work, this bookThis is a must. The long forgotten Mortensen deserves to be known by a wider number of people.
American Grotesque is a lavish retrospective of grotesque, occult, and erotic images by the forgotten Hollywood photographer William Mortensen (1897–1965), an innovative pictorialist visionary whom Ansel Adams called the "Antichrist" and to whom Anton LaVey dedicated The Satanic Bible.Mortensen's countless technical innovations and inspired use of special effects prefigures the development of digital manipulation and Photoshop. Includes a gallery of more than one hundred striking photographs in duotone and color, many of them previously unseen, and accompanying essays by Mortensen and others on his life, work, techniques, and influence.