Small Scale Fabricated Photography, Toy Photography History, Art Creation Musings
Hobby Toy Photography can find it’s roots in Kodak’s 1929 Picture Contest. From representations of boxing rings, lounging dolls and scenic expanses, toy photography spread as cameras came into the hands of the masses. The only place these images are published on the web.
A lesson from Edward Weston Each morning Weston journaled. He spoke of the work he made in these journals. In 1923 he burned the majority of the journal he had … Continue reading Fake It Til You Make It
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No one. It’s my new mission to help Google search results for toy photography questions. Right now, you search this question and get the name of someone that leads to … Continue reading Who Invented Toy Photography?
Toy photography, in large part, has followed the same trends as photography as a whole and art of other mediums over the years. Updated 7/7/2021
I’m starting a list of all the toy photographers in the world. Or at least I’m trying to, with your help. Let’s all collectively become a part of the history … Continue reading Record of All Working Toy Photographers
“Starewicz had become a master animator by 1933, incorporating techniques never used before and rarely since (such as moving the puppets during the actual exposure to create blurring for fast … Continue reading A Stop Motion Animated Film from 1934
While toy photography is a genre all its own, toys and miniatures in an of themselves are iconographic objects. This has led photographers who don’t always or often use toys … Continue reading Historic Dabbling in the World of Toys – Bahaus, Fotografia Metafisica, Surreal
