Photo-Graphic Manipulation

Photo-Graphic Manipulation

Photo-Graphic Manipulation

The “Cheap” Effect

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Back to the beginning

Thomas Ruff, Portrait, 1991

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Seeing is...

Nancy Burson, Human Race Machine, 1999

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...believing

Nancy Burson, He/She, 1997

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Authenticity vs Ambiguity

The Moorman Polaroid, 1961

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Authenticity vs Ambiguity

Spoof pictures of the WTC attacks, 2001

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Authenticity vs context

Lenin speaking to the troups, 1924

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Authenticity vs context

The same picture as original, ca. 1920

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Authenticity vs context

Original Photograph of Stalin and Comrades by Nikolai Schwernik, 1926

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Authenticity vs context

From the book History of the Soviet Union, 1940

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Authenticity vs context

From a biography, 1949

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Authenticity vs context

Painting by Isaac Brodsky, 1929

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Authenticity...

Bob Jackson, Shooting of Lee H. Oswald, 1961

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... and Irony

An alternative take by George Mahlberg

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Authenticity and Irony

Olivier Chételat, The amazing Fishermen-, Dog- and Toyota-Show, 2000

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Authenticity and Irony

Original Tourist of Death photograph, 2001

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Authenticity as a story vehicle

Woody Allen, Zelig, 1983 and Robert Zemeckis, Forrest Gump, 2000

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Authenticity as a story vehicle

Stephen Spielberg, Jurassic Park, 1993

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Authenticity as a story vehicle

Scenes from Matrix Reloaded, 2003

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Artificial authenticity

Synthetic Face Creation, Volker Blanz, Universität Tübingen, 1998

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Artificial authenticity

Synthetic Face Creation, Volker Blanz, Universität Tübingen, 1998

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Another “authentic” approach

David Hockney,1982

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Another “authentic” approach

David Hockney,1982

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Another “authentic” approach

David Hockney, 1983

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Another “authentic” approach

Unknown “kinetic” photograph, ca. 2000

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Merging different layers of “reality”

Nancy Burson, Various Morphing Experiments, 1982-1985

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Merging different layers of “reality”

Herbert Beyer, Poster, ca. 1935

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Merging different layers of “reality”

El Lissitzky, Portrait of Kurt Schwitters, 1927

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Merging different layers of “reality”

Dziga Vertov, The Camera Eye, 1932

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Narratives

Lászlo Moholy-Nagy, Posters, 1927-28

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Narratives

Richard Hamilton, Interior II, 1964

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Narratives

hi-res.net, The Center of the World, Website, 2000

Photo-Graphic Manipulation

Narratives

hi-res.net, The Center of the World, Website, 2000

Photo-Graphic Manipulation

Narratives

hi-res.net, The Center of the World, Website, 2000

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Narratives

John Baldessari, 1984

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The reinvasion of paint

John Baldessari, Painting, ca. 1980

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The reinvasion of paint

John Baldessari, 1984

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The reinvasion of paint

M/M, Yamamoto Summer Catalogue, 1999

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The reinvasion of paint

Christian Vogt, Polaroid, 1987

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The reinvasion of paint

Andy Warhol, Electric Chair, 1971

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Destruction

Andy Warhol, Flowers, 1964

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Destruction

Painted-over communist party member photos, from the book 10 years Usbekistan, 1937

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Destruction

Stills from the opening to the Movie Seven, 1996

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Elimination as abstraction

Richard Hamilton, Ghosts of UFA, 1994

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Elimination as abstraction

Statedesign, Trailer for Onedotzero 4, 1998

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Photo-Graphic spaces

Saul Bass, Opening Animation for Vertigo, 1958

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Photo-Graphic spaces

El Lissitzky, Der Konstrukteur, 1924, Cover for the Guide for the Vchutemas, 1927

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Photo-Graphic spaces

Alexander Rodchenko, Books, 1925

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Photo-Graphic spaces

Flyer, Royal Academy of Art, London, 2000

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Photo-Graphic spaces

Gerd Kilian, 1932

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Photo-Graphic spaces

Emigré Magazine, 1990

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Photo-Graphic spaces

John Webber, 1991

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Photo-Graphic spaces

hi-res.net, Requiem for a Dream, Website, 2000

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Photo-Graphic spaces

hi-res.net, Requiem for a Dream, Website, 2000

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Photo-Graphic spaces

Cornel Windin, 2000

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Meta-Realities

Interface Sketch, 2002

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Meta-Realities

Cornell Windin, Poster, 2000

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Meta-Realities

Promotional Postcard for NY furniture store Moss, 2000

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Meta-Realities

Psyops Studios, Cowflow trailer, 1999

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Meta-Realities

Statedesign, Trailer for Onedotzero 6, 2000