Tag: photomanipulation, photocomposite

Ordeal by Roses # 29

Eikoh Hosoe :: Ordeal by Roses # 29, 1962. | src MK&G ~ Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Hamburg)
Eikoh Hosoe :: Barakei (Killed by Roses) # 29, 1962 (printed 2006). | src Akron Art Museum
Hosoe’s best known series is Barakei, a wild yet poetic portrait of Japanese writer Yukio Mishima. A celebrated intellectual, Mishima wanted to be seen as a “man of the body.” These prints are non-traditional, incorporating montage, multiple exposures, bleaching and other manipulation.

Subida a la Catedral, 1937-38

Kati Horna :: Subida a la Catedral, Guerra Civil española, Barcelona, España, 1937. | src MHG via l’œil de la photographie
Kati Horna :: Portrait, 1937. | src Michael Hoppen Gallery online exhibit via l’œil de la photographie
Kati Horna :: Subida a la catedral [Ascending to the Cathedral], Spanish Civil War, Barcelona, 1938. Gelatin silver print (photomontage). Archivo Privado de Fotografía y Gráfica Kati y José Horna. | src Kati Horna at Jeu de Paume via l’œil de la photographie