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IMAGE (1975. vol 18. issue 3.)
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Horst on Fashion Photography….1
In this interview Horst discusses his introduction to photography and describes his 1930s fashion work for Condé Nast’s Vogue and his relationship with photographers George Hoyningen-Huene and Cecil Beaton.
The Jones & Laughlin Picture Collection….12
Roy Stryker, hired as a consultant, worked with eleven photographers, including Russell Lee, in establishing a picture collection documenting the steel-making process for the Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation. The photographs were available for reproduction and promoted in a publication titled Steel Pix.
Cuthbert Bede….20
Cuthbert Bede, nom-de-plume for Edward Bradley, wrote the first humorous book on photography to appear in England. Photographic Pleasures, published in 1855, pertained to photography yet evidence indicates that Bradley did not practice or have a continuing interest in photography outside of his book.
The Quiet Love Triangle of SMOULDERING FIRES….26
Analysis of Clarence Brown’s silent film Smouldering Fires starring Pauline Frederick, Malcolm McGregor, and Laura La Plante. Deutelbaum discusses the deft handling of the classic love triangle.
International Museum of Photography Traveling Exhibitions….33
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Author : Pratt, George C., Director of Publications Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography and Motion Pictures of the INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY at George Eastman House Volume : 18 Number : 3 Date : September, 1975
IMAGE (1986. vol 29. issue 1.)
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1….Konrad Cramer: A Woodstock Photographer by Heather Alberts
Article on the Woodstock artist Konrad Cramer, focusing on his photographic oeuvre. Alberts discusses Cramer’s abstract imagery and experimental effects, rooted in European Modernism, and influenced by Man Ray and Lázló Moholy-Nagy.
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Author : Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography and Motion Pictures of the INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY at George Eastman House Volume : 29 Number : 1 Date : January, 1986
IMAGE (1976. vol 19. issue 4.)
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Photographs in Context….1
With a re-edited edition of August Sander’s book of portraits of German society and Steichen’s recontextualization of images included in the Family of Man exhibition as examples, Keller argues that photographers rarely convey meaning with individual photographs and therefore successful photographic criticism must assess the original context and sequence of a photographer’s images.
The Man on the Tower of Notre Dame: New Light on Henri LeSecq….13
Charles Nègre’s choice of composition and setting for his portrait of LeSecq suggests a rich complexity of associations related to the writings of Victor Hugo, to the nature and progress of the gothic revival in France and the participation of the early photographers in the revival.
Mr. Griffith, THE PAINTED LADY, and the Distractive Frame….26
Analysis of D.W. Griffith’s one-reel film The Painted Lady as an example of innovative cinematographic techniques and plot and character stylizations that were to become familiar elements in his feature length films.
Southern Landscapes of the Mind's Eye: Griffith's THE WHITE ROSE….30
By the 1920s audiences and critics found D.W. Griffith’s continued reliance on the sentiments of Victorian morality in his films anachronistic. While the author mostly agrees, he also finds a complexity and internal consistency within these later works.
International Museum of Photography Traveling Exhibitions….33
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Author : Pratt, George C., Director of Publications Rayner, W. Paul, Co-Editor Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography and Motion Pictures of the INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY at George Eastman House Volume : 19 Number : 4 Date : December, 1976
IMAGE (1972. vol 15. issue 2.)
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Monkeys Make the Problem More Difficult; Collective Interview with Garry Winogrand….1
Edited transcript of Winogrand answering questions posed by students from the Rochester Institute of Technology and the Visual Studies Workshop during respective visits on Oct. 9th and 10th, 1970.
Restoring the Context….5
Information pertinent to the screenplay for Erich von Stroheim’s film Greed. Discusses the relevance of a quote by Frank Norris, author of McTeague upon which Greed was based.
Looking Down….6
Brief statement about photographing oblique views from high places. Cites the work of Alvin Langdon Coburn and László Moholy-Nagy.
Photo Secession: Continued….8
An addendum to Dennis Longwell's article ""Alfred Stieglitz versus the New York Camera Club"" in Image vol. 14, no. 5/6. Reprint of several articles originally published in Photo Era in 1903 that illustrate the increasing animosity towards Alfred Stieglitz and the Photo Secession during that period. Articles include: “Camera Work” (A Review) by ARTHUR HEWITT, vol. X, no. 1, January, 1903, “The Outlook for 1903” by OSBORNE L. YELLOT, vol. X, no. 1, January, 1903, “Photo Secession and the World's Fair” by HAROLD HUTCHINSON, vol. X, no. 6, June, 1903, “Concerning the Photo-Secession” by JOSEPH T. KEILEY, vol. XI, no 3, September, 1903, “’Camera Work’ for October — An Appreciation” by THE OFFICE-BOY, vol. XI, no. 4, October, 1903.
Wider View I….15
On the appeal of single exposure panoramic cameras that reveal what the naked eye cannot see. In conjunction with the Wider View exhibition of panoramic photographs.
Wider View II….18
Descriptions of the three basic types of panoramic cameras—fixed lens-fixed film plane, moving lens-fixed curved film plane, and moving camera body and film. Examples of each from the Eastman House collection were on display as part of the Wider View exhibition.
Gene Meatyard….20
Eulogy and biography for photographer Ralph Eugene Meatyard.
The Facsimile Photographs in Galerie Contemporaine….21
Author presents evidence that the tipped in photomechanical reproductions in the Parisian publications Galerie Contemporaine, Littéraire, Artistique and Galerie Contemporaine, Artistique, Nouvelle Série are woodburytypes rather than carbon prints. Explains the similarities and differences between the processes and how to tell them apart.
Synoptic Catalogue….28
The Synoptic Catalogue of the George Eastman House Collections is a brief survey of the prints and print makers that are pictorially or historically significant or both. Major F. Cresley to George Davison.
Portrait Index to Galerie Contemporaine….31
Galerie Contemporaine, published in Paris by Ludovic Baschet between 1876 and 1884, is comprised of thirteen bound volumes containing two-hundred and forty-four biographical sketches of personalities from politics, religion, literature, and the arts. This index lists all of the portrait subjects and the photographers when known.
International Museum of Photography Traveling Exhibitions….33
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Author : Barrow, Thomas F., ed. Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography and Motion Pictures of the INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY at George Eastman House Volume : 15 Number : 2 Date : June, 1972
IMAGE (1959. vol 8. issue 4.)
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COVER PHOTOGRAPH, EDWARD STEICHEN: MARY PICKFORD. 1927.
EDITORIAL…170
On the increasing awareness of the importance of film archives and preservation.
THE FILMS OF MARY PICKFORD…172
On early screen legend Mary Pickford and her enduring appeal.
AN INDEX TO THE FILMS OF MARY PICKFORD…188
An extensive list of Mary Pickford’s films. Includes title, year, original release date, production company, directors and co-stars, number of reels, and whether or not a positive print is in the Eastman House collection.
NO MAGIC, NO MYSTERY, NO SLEIGHT OF HAND…192
On the first ten years of film exhibition in Rochester, New York. Covers venues, films screened, audience reactions, and the range of projectors and distributors during this first decade.
PRECURSORS OF THE SUB-MINIATURE CAMERA…212
Traces the development of smaller cameras from the daguerreotype era into the early twentieth century. The development of smaller box cameras, such as detective cameras, and sub-miniatures, became more practical with the advent of the gelatin dry plate and roll film.
LOUIS PHILIPPE CLERC, 1875-1959…220
Obituary for the French scientist, teacher, writer and editor in the field of photography.
BOOK REVIEWS…221
THOMAS EAKINS, by Fairfield Porter. New York, George Braziller, Inc., 1959. Cloth bound, $3.95. Paper bound, $1.95. 127 pages. 89 illustrations (16 in color)
PHILIPPE HALSMAN'S JUMP BOOK. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1959. $3.75. 94 pages. 180 illustrations.
QUARTERLY NOTES…222
PHOTOGRAPHY AT MID-CENTURY
GEORGE BASCOMB DRYDEN, 1869-1959
FORTHCOMING EXHIBITIONS
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF FILM ARCHIVES
INDEX TO VOLUME EIGHT…224
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Author : Lyons, Nathan, ed. Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography of the George Eastman House Volume : 8 Number : 4 Date : December, 1959
IMAGE (1955. vol 4. issue 6.)
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41…[PRINT FROM A PAPER NEGATIVE]
Cover image taken by George F. Archibold with an Eastman roll holder in 1885.
42…PICTURES BY THE ROLL
by BEAUMONT NEWHALL
On William H. Walker’s contributions to Eastman Kodak Company.
44…EDWARD WESTON—Photographer
BY JOHN UPTON*
Reprint of a paper written for the Photographic Arts course cooperatively offered by the University of Rochester and the George Eastman House.
46…THE ""PICTORIAL IMAGE"" EXHIBITION: WHAT DOES PHOTOGRAPHY OFFER THE MAN WHO WOULD USE THE CAMERA AS AN ART MEDIUM?
Short text on the Pictorial Image exhibit at the George Eastman House. States that the purpose of the show is to outline what photography offers the artist-photographer by way of esthetic and scope for his personal communication.
48…THE MYSTERY OF CANADIAN FILM PRODUCTION
Article on the production of distinguished short films in Canada and paradoxically, the dearth of feature films produced there.
48…[ANNOUNCEMENT]
BEGINNING IN JANUARY- - - IMAGE will increase its number of pages, alter its format and go on a subscription basis.
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Author : Title : IMAGE: Journal of Photography of the George Eastman House Volume : 4 Number : 6 Date : September, 1955