American grotesque
Subtitle: the life and art of William Mortensen
By: edited by Larry Lytle and Michael Moynihan ; introduction by Michael Moynihan ; essays by Larry Lytle, William Mortensen and A.D. Coleman
Contributors: Lytle, Larry, editor, author; Moynihan, Michael, 1969- editor; Coleman, A. D., author
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9781936239979
Subjects: Artistic Photography; Grotesque in art
Other titles: Life and art of William Mortensen
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: William Mortensen, herald of the American grotesque / Michael Moynihan; title: The life of William Mortensen / Larry Lytle; title: Venus and Vulcan: an essay on creative pictorialism : 1. Interpretations of reality ; 2. Sources and uses of material ; 3. Selection, and the function of control ; 4. Fallacies of "pure photography" ; 5. A manifesto and a prophecy / William Mortensen and George Dunham; title: A glossary of Mortensen's methods / Larry Lytle; title: A Mortensen gallery of grotesques : Propaganda ; The occult ; Character studies ; Nudes ; Beautiful women into crones; title: Conspicuous by his absence: concerning the mysterious disappearance of William Mortensen / A.D. Coleman.