Un Poco Histórica y Un Poco Contemporáneo
History has a knack for giving us people everyone in a while who laugh with distain at traditional ways of doing things. Henry Peach Robinson is one of those people. He began his career as a painter, but transitioned into photography for its painterly attributes. He quickly became obsessed with photography and learned trade. Eventually that wasn't enough for him, and he began to experiment with compositing. I'm amazed at how seamless his work was without digital technology. He started his pioneering by keeping a library of skies he could put into photos when the exposure was bad. Eventually, Robinson began to make entire compositions like it. The photograph on the left, titled "Fading Away" is actually a composite of five different negatives. It looks very real, and he even had to explain to people that it was a manipulation. This caused outrage from the photographic community. But being the boss that he is, Henry Peach Robinson continued to work with pre-digital photo compositing. We have a lot to thank him for the art today.
Patrick Nagatani is a Japanese-American photographer who really pushes his composites into the fine art realm. We was working as a set designer around the time he met Andree Tracey. The two developed a very collaborative relationship and began to build very grandiose scenes together. Much of his work deals with the nuclear age. His photography instills a lot of mysterious and fear about a still somewhat mysterious and scary subject. "Generation to Generation" is one of his more minimalist, less crazy pieces, but it still strikes be with a foreboding, suspenseful ambiance.
History has a knack for giving us people everyone in a while who laugh with distain at traditional ways of doing things. Henry Peach Robinson is one of those people. He began his career as a painter, but transitioned into photography for its painterly attributes. He quickly became obsessed with photography and learned trade. Eventually that wasn't enough for him, and he began to experiment with compositing. I'm amazed at how seamless his work was without digital technology. He started his pioneering by keeping a library of skies he could put into photos when the exposure was bad. Eventually, Robinson began to make entire compositions like it. The photograph on the left, titled "Fading Away" is actually a composite of five different negatives. It looks very real, and he even had to explain to people that it was a manipulation. This caused outrage from the photographic community. But being the boss that he is, Henry Peach Robinson continued to work with pre-digital photo compositing. We have a lot to thank him for the art today.
Patrick Nagatani is a Japanese-American photographer who really pushes his composites into the fine art realm. We was working as a set designer around the time he met Andree Tracey. The two developed a very collaborative relationship and began to build very grandiose scenes together. Much of his work deals with the nuclear age. His photography instills a lot of mysterious and fear about a still somewhat mysterious and scary subject. "Generation to Generation" is one of his more minimalist, less crazy pieces, but it still strikes be with a foreboding, suspenseful ambiance. 
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