Staged Photography
演出写真 / 19th century– / 1970s revival / Technique / Photographic Genres
Composes scene, figure, props and light before the shutter, shaking the very premise that photographs record reality.
Constructed scenes / Props / Cinematic lighting / Deliberate artificiality
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Dictionary entry
- Best used for
- Comparing historical works and their conditions · Deciding which principles survive translation to today's media
- Type
- Observe the type and composition of reference works
- Composition
- Extract the one principle that steers the eye
- Material
- Verify the technique's own materials, process and support
- Caution
- When passing as candid, weigh the misreadings and ethics the staging imposes on the audience.
- Further study
- Cindy Sherman / Jeff Wall / Thomas Demand