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Posts by CMA: Photography

The Azalea Plant (Julia Hall McCune)

The Azalea Plant (Julia Hall McCune)

The Azalea Plant (Julia Hall McCune) https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.140

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Woodbridge, a Philadelphia socialite, was a gifted amateur photographer active from 1884 through 1915. This stark seascape is an excellent early example of her photographs that stress light and atmospheric effects. The boathouse provides a sense of scale in this grand, sweeping scene dominated by a rocky beach and cloud-filled sky. Her photographs are distinguished by a successful union of factual detail and broad tonal effects.

Woodbridge, a Philadelphia socialite, was a gifted amateur photographer active from 1884 through 1915. This stark seascape is an excellent early example of her photographs that stress light and atmospheric effects. The boathouse provides a sense of scale in this grand, sweeping scene dominated by a rocky beach and cloud-filled sky. Her photographs are distinguished by a successful union of factual detail and broad tonal effects.

Edwin Booth's Boat House, Near Newport, August 6, 1884 https://clevelandart.org/art/1994.280

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A distinguished commercial and documentary landscape photographer in Philadelphia, William H. Rau was commissioned in the 1890s by the Lehigh Valley Railroad to execute a series of scenic views along a new line. Realizing photography's advertising potential, the railroad company employed Rau to select picturesque subjects that might be seen while traveling by rail. Contact-printed from a mammoth plate negative, the landscape's shapes, textures, and tonal ranges are richly detailed.

A distinguished commercial and documentary landscape photographer in Philadelphia, William H. Rau was commissioned in the 1890s by the Lehigh Valley Railroad to execute a series of scenic views along a new line. Realizing photography's advertising potential, the railroad company employed Rau to select picturesque subjects that might be seen while traveling by rail. Contact-printed from a mammoth plate negative, the landscape's shapes, textures, and tonal ranges are richly detailed.

Bear Lake, LVRR https://clevelandart.org/art/1988.88

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Baldus’s prodigious and compelling documentation of French historic buildings earned him recognition as one of the first great French architectural photographers. This image of Notre-Dame at Auvers-sur-Oise, north of Paris, is from a sequence of 50 views of the railroad stations and principal sites along the route between Boulogne-sur-Mer and Paris. This Gothic-style village church was once a chapel for a manor house that has since disappeared. Almost 35 years after Baldus’s composition, and only a short time before his own suicide, Vincent van Gogh painted a large, bold canvas of the church’s apse and bell tower.

Baldus’s prodigious and compelling documentation of French historic buildings earned him recognition as one of the first great French architectural photographers. This image of Notre-Dame at Auvers-sur-Oise, north of Paris, is from a sequence of 50 views of the railroad stations and principal sites along the route between Boulogne-sur-Mer and Paris. This Gothic-style village church was once a chapel for a manor house that has since disappeared. Almost 35 years after Baldus’s composition, and only a short time before his own suicide, Vincent van Gogh painted a large, bold canvas of the church’s apse and bell tower.

Church at Auvers https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.120

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Buddhist Temple, Kalani

Buddhist Temple, Kalani

Buddhist Temple, Kalani https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.38

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Camera Work: A Blind Musician - Granada

Camera Work: A Blind Musician - Granada

Camera Work: A Blind Musician - Granada https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.199.45.a

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Chartres Cathedral: Right Door of the Royal Portal with Our Lady of Chartres

Chartres Cathedral: Right Door of the Royal Portal with Our Lady of Chartres

Chartres Cathedral: Right Door of the Royal Portal with Our Lady of Chartres https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.11

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This extraordinary photograph clearly demonstrates Baldus’s genius both as an architectural photographer and as a printer. Centrally placed and filling the entire composition, this great architectural monument is clearly depicted, seemingly removed from time, as there are no interfering elements such as figures or clouds to distract from the building’s majesty. This large, ambitious view captures, almost without rival, the physical and symbolic essence of Notre-Dame. Instead of the traditional frontal view, Baldus photographed the building at an oblique angle in order to articulate the volume of the structure, and he was most conscious of the negative space created by the cathedral’s contour against the unmodulated sky. His salt prints of architectural views, with their breathtaking warm gray tones, are among the most striking achievements of 19th-century photography.

This extraordinary photograph clearly demonstrates Baldus’s genius both as an architectural photographer and as a printer. Centrally placed and filling the entire composition, this great architectural monument is clearly depicted, seemingly removed from time, as there are no interfering elements such as figures or clouds to distract from the building’s majesty. This large, ambitious view captures, almost without rival, the physical and symbolic essence of Notre-Dame. Instead of the traditional frontal view, Baldus photographed the building at an oblique angle in order to articulate the volume of the structure, and he was most conscious of the negative space created by the cathedral’s contour against the unmodulated sky. His salt prints of architectural views, with their breathtaking warm gray tones, are among the most striking achievements of 19th-century photography.

Notre Dame, Paris https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.35

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Scott Monument Under Construction

Scott Monument Under Construction

Scott Monument Under Construction https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.23

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Tintern Abbey

Tintern Abbey

Tintern Abbey https://clevelandart.org/art/1984.164

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The Lily and the Lamb

The Lily and the Lamb

The Lily and the Lamb https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.307

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Camera Work: Group on a Hill Road - Granada

Camera Work: Group on a Hill Road - Granada

Camera Work: Group on a Hill Road - Granada https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.199.45.d

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Balbec

Balbec

Balbec https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.227

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Educated as a mathematician, musician, and clergyman, Jones was an accomplished daguerreotypist before he was introduced to the calotype by William Henry Fox Talbot in 1845. Jones's pictures were taken primarily in Wales, England, Ireland, and the Mediterranean and often depicted complex compositions of ruins, landscape, and rustic architecture. To provide a sense of scale and human presence, he almost always included figures in his architectural views (here a lone individual leans against the archway). In this photograph Jones also alluded to the inevitable passage of time by contrasting the monumental arch in the foreground with the ruined arch in the distance.

Educated as a mathematician, musician, and clergyman, Jones was an accomplished daguerreotypist before he was introduced to the calotype by William Henry Fox Talbot in 1845. Jones's pictures were taken primarily in Wales, England, Ireland, and the Mediterranean and often depicted complex compositions of ruins, landscape, and rustic architecture. To provide a sense of scale and human presence, he almost always included figures in his architectural views (here a lone individual leans against the archway). In this photograph Jones also alluded to the inevitable passage of time by contrasting the monumental arch in the foreground with the ruined arch in the distance.

Arch in Farmyard, Swansea https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.40

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Fruitsellers

Fruitsellers

Fruitsellers https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.40

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Hill and Adamson’s four-year collaboration yielded around 3,000 photographs, including portraits of members of the middle and upper classes and, in what may be the first social documentary project, of the working class. Included in their survey of contemporary life were numerous portraits of the fishermen’s wives in the villages around Edinburgh. The women, garbed in distinctive striped skirts and aprons, cleaned their husbands’ catch, then carried it in wicker baskets to the city where they offered it for sale. They were reported to be hard bargainers. Hill and Adamson respectfully recorded not only their likenesses but also their names.

Hill and Adamson’s four-year collaboration yielded around 3,000 photographs, including portraits of members of the middle and upper classes and, in what may be the first social documentary project, of the working class. Included in their survey of contemporary life were numerous portraits of the fishermen’s wives in the villages around Edinburgh. The women, garbed in distinctive striped skirts and aprons, cleaned their husbands’ catch, then carried it in wicker baskets to the city where they offered it for sale. They were reported to be hard bargainers. Hill and Adamson respectfully recorded not only their likenesses but also their names.

Newhaven Fishwives, Jeanie Wilson and Annie Linton https://clevelandart.org/art/1987.18

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Doorway to Sèvres Factory

Doorway to Sèvres Factory

Doorway to Sèvres Factory https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.36

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Canterbury

Canterbury

Canterbury https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.288

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In the early 1850s, despite protests from moralists, photographs of nudes (known as académies) were discreetly produced under the guise of "artist's studies." Among those most skilled at making such studies was Julien Vallou de Villeneuve. A successful painter and lithographer during the 1820s and 1830s before turning to photography in the early 1840s, he created a new repertoire of poses for artists to use as compositional aids. Among his clients was the French realist painter Gustave Courbet (1819–1877).

In the early 1850s, despite protests from moralists, photographs of nudes (known as académies) were discreetly produced under the guise of "artist's studies." Among those most skilled at making such studies was Julien Vallou de Villeneuve. A successful painter and lithographer during the 1820s and 1830s before turning to photography in the early 1840s, he created a new repertoire of poses for artists to use as compositional aids. Among his clients was the French realist painter Gustave Courbet (1819–1877).

Study after Nature https://clevelandart.org/art/1993.163

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Camera Work: A Gateway - Segovia

Camera Work: A Gateway - Segovia

Camera Work: A Gateway - Segovia https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.199.45.h

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A Creeper in the Peradeniya Gardens, Ceylon

A Creeper in the Peradeniya Gardens, Ceylon

A Creeper in the Peradeniya Gardens, Ceylon https://clevelandart.org/art/2018.37

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Emptying a Bucket of Water

Emptying a Bucket of Water

Emptying a Bucket of Water https://clevelandart.org/art/1992.220

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Camera Work: Sir Francis Grant, P.R.A.

Camera Work: Sir Francis Grant, P.R.A.

Camera Work: Sir Francis Grant, P.R.A. https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.199.37.d

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Great Upper Waterfall, High Alps

Great Upper Waterfall, High Alps

Great Upper Waterfall, High Alps https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.292

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Temple of Dendera

Temple of Dendera

Temple of Dendera https://clevelandart.org/art/1993.96

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South Side Beverley Minster

South Side Beverley Minster

South Side Beverley Minster https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.291

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Camera Work: The Riva Schiavoni, Venice

Camera Work: The Riva Schiavoni, Venice

Camera Work: The Riva Schiavoni, Venice https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.199.8.e

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Ancient Door, Magdalen College, Oxford

Ancient Door, Magdalen College, Oxford

Ancient Door, Magdalen College, Oxford https://clevelandart.org/art/1991.39

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Rue du Regard

Rue du Regard

Rue du Regard https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.35

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Camera Work: Sheep

Camera Work: Sheep

Camera Work: Sheep https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.199.13.l

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