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photo: David Castenson

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Edmond Bacot (1814-1875)

Saint-Maclou, Rouen

1852-1854

#art #art history #photography #early photography #rouen #saint-maclou #french art #france #19th century #19th century art #19th century photography #picturalism

Picturalism is the name of an international style and aesthetic movement dominating the photo in the early 19th and early 20th centuries. There is a brief description of a photo simply as a means of "creating" an image rather than simply making a recording. Typically, a pictorial photo is printed and visible in one or more colors from black-and-white (dark brown to warm brown), where it is not sharp (some are more than others). Fine-art photography is photography created in accordance with the vision of the artist as photographer. Fine art photography stands in contrast to representational photography, such as photojournalism, which provides a documentary visual account of specific subjects and events, literally re-presenting objective reality rather than the subjective intent of the photographer; and commercial photography, the primary focus of which is to advertise products or services. Today, photography is seen as a valid art form as others, and there are many museums and galleries exhibiting photography work. But at a time when photography was invented for the first time and photographers were forced to be artists, it was not so easy at the beginning. That's it for today :)

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