William Mortensen (1897–1965)
Auteur de American Grotesque: The Life and Art of William Mortensen
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: William Mortensen self-portrait in the guise of the Mad Hatter. Taken from The Guardian website, Art and Design section.
Œuvres de William Mortensen
American Grotesque: The Life and Art of William Mortensen (2014) — Primary Contributor, Subject — 83 exemplaires
The Command to Look: A Master Photographer’s Method for Controlling the Human Gaze (2014) 53 exemplaires
The photographic magic of William Mortensen 3 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1897-01-27
- Date de décès
- 1965-08-12
- Lieu de sépulture
- Fairhaven Memorial Park, Santa Ana, Orange County, California USA
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Park City, Utah, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Laguna Beach, California, USA
- Professions
- art photographer
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 16
- Membres
- 290
- Popularité
- #80,656
- Évaluation
- 4.2
- Critiques
- 7
- ISBN
- 6
- Favoris
- 1
"Why does an artist paint pictures, write symphonies, carve statues, tell stories? Is it because he finds joy and spiritual release in the mere doing of these things? Probably; but this is not the whole story. Is it because he makes his living after this fashion? No doubt; but there is still more to it than this.
Here is the third reason. It is a very significant reason, though it is generally disregarded. The artist persists in being an artist because he revels in the feeling that he may affect or influence people by his work. He does not demand approbation, but he does demand *notice and response.* The thought that he may through his work influence people and strike past their defences to their secret emotions gives him a gratifying sense of power."… (plus d'informations)