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Faking it : manipulated photography before Photoshop, Mia Fineman

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"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."--Publisher's website
Language
eng
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Publication
Extent
xvi, 280 pages
Note
This catalogue is published in conjunction with Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop, on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from October 11, 2012, through January 27, 2013; at The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., from February 17 through May 5, 2013; and at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston from June 2 through August 25, 2013
Contents
  • Director's foreword
  • Sponsor's statement
  • Lenders to the exhibition
  • Introduction
  • Picture perfect
  • Artifice in the name of art
  • Politics and persuasion
  • Novelties and amusements
  • Pictures in print
  • Mind's eye
  • Protoshop
  • Discussions of individual works
  • Glossary of technical terms
Isbn
9780300185010
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Faking it : manipulated photography before Photoshop
Title
Faking it
Title remainder
manipulated photography before Photoshop
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Mia Fineman
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Language
eng
Summary
"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."--Publisher's website
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Fineman, Mia
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illustrations
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index present
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non fiction
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bibliography
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  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
  • National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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  • National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
  • Trick photography
  • Photography
  • Photography, Handworked
  • Photography
  • Photography
  • Photography
  • Truquage (Photographie)
  • Photographie
  • Coloriage à la main (Photographie)
  • Retouche (Photographie)
  • Photographie
  • photographic techniques
  • Photography
  • Photography
  • Photography
  • Photography, Handworked
  • Photography
  • Trick photography
  • Fotomontage
  • Trick photography
  • Photography
  • Photography, Handworked
Label
Faking it : manipulated photography before Photoshop, Mia Fineman
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Note
This catalogue is published in conjunction with Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop, on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from October 11, 2012, through January 27, 2013; at The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., from February 17 through May 5, 2013; and at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston from June 2 through August 25, 2013
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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volume
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  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Director's foreword -- Sponsor's statement -- Lenders to the exhibition -- Introduction -- Picture perfect -- Artifice in the name of art -- Politics and persuasion -- Novelties and amusements -- Pictures in print -- Mind's eye -- Protoshop -- Discussions of individual works -- Glossary of technical terms
Control code
797975278
Dimensions
28 cm
Extent
xvi, 280 pages
Isbn
9780300185010
Lccn
2012025255
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
Other control number
99950283691
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)
System control number
(OCoLC)797975278
Label
Faking it : manipulated photography before Photoshop, Mia Fineman
Publication
Distribution
Copyright
Note
This catalogue is published in conjunction with Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop, on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from October 11, 2012, through January 27, 2013; at The National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., from February 17 through May 5, 2013; and at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston from June 2 through August 25, 2013
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Director's foreword -- Sponsor's statement -- Lenders to the exhibition -- Introduction -- Picture perfect -- Artifice in the name of art -- Politics and persuasion -- Novelties and amusements -- Pictures in print -- Mind's eye -- Protoshop -- Discussions of individual works -- Glossary of technical terms
Control code
797975278
Dimensions
28 cm
Extent
xvi, 280 pages
Isbn
9780300185010
Lccn
2012025255
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Note
WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
Other control number
99950283691
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)
System control number
(OCoLC)797975278

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