Small Scale Fabricated Photography, Toy Photography History, Art Creation Musings
“The most extraordinary photographs ever taken of air flights in war.” -The Illustrated London News Wesley David Archer was an American Air Force Pilot in WWI. He enlisted in 1917, but his time in active duty ended when his plane was shot down in October of 1918. The photographs he took while flying are said... Continue Reading →
Vogue is a popular fashion magazine. They've been around since 1892 and are still going strong. And through them we can draw an easy line from fashion photography to interior design photography to still lives and within, miniature photography. Harley Weir "Beauty is so subjective, it’s anything that moves me and I think those things... Continue Reading →
"The series of incidents set forth in this little volume represent either the most elaborate and ingenious hoax ever played upon the public, or else they constitute an event in human history which may in the future appear to have been epoch-making in its character." - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Coming of the Fairies... Continue Reading →
In trying to find the earliest toy photograph, I came accross the amazing work of these two. Their work can't be part of my early toy photography search as I've already found a couple that predate these, but it certainly is something to be noted nevertheless. Horst P. Horst (1906-1999) “I don’t think photography has... Continue Reading →
The definition of a toy photograph has to be slightly amended when discussing the onset of photography. Action figures didn't exist back then. However figures and miniatures of all types have been around since ancient times, with dollhouses joining them in the 16th century. I've discussed the Cottingly Fairies of 1917, and the Nymphenburg Figure... Continue Reading →
I've compiled a list of my art books. Many I've used as reference in my posts here, some I will in the future, and others still yet to be perused. Maybe these will be of use in your own art life. This post contains affiliate links. But I got most of mine from used book... Continue Reading →
“It’s one thing to make a picture of what a person looks like, it’s another thing to make a portrait of who they are.” – Paul Caponigro I was an education minor in college (photo major, double minor w/ art history). I got my temporary k-12 art teaching certificate, but ended up deciding not to... Continue Reading →
“Art is the expression of those beauties and emotions that stir the human soul.” – Howard Pyle Photography as Art Photography had been around since 1840, but it was not accepted as art then. The medium was meant for documenting reality, and that alone. But there was a group of artists that saw the manipulation... Continue Reading →