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A Photographic Truth

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Mark Osterman—Process Historian, Kay R. Whitmore Conservation Center, George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography and Film—discusses the origins of photography and the history of manipulation. Using rare examples from the George Eastman House's collection as well as his own artwork, he illustrates the historical methods used by many photographers.

Recorded October 14, 2012

Part of a Sunday at the Met program held in conjunction with the exhibition Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop, on view October 11, 2012–January 27, 2013.

The exhibition is made possible by Adobe. The catalogue is made possible by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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Thomas Ruff  (German, born Zell am Harmersbach, 1958)

Date:
2004
Medium:
Chromogenic print
Dimensions:
269 x 364 cm (105 15/16 x 143 5/16 in.)
Classification:
Photographs
Credit Line:
Purchase, Denise and Andrew Saul Gift; Marlene Nathan Meyerson Gift, in memory of Andrew H. Golkin; Pamela and Arthur Sanders, The Robert A. and Renée E. Belfer Family Foundation and Neil C.S. Hirsch Gifts; and Marian and James H. Cohen Gift, in memory of their son, Michael Harrison Cohen, 2006
Accession Number:
2006.92
Rights and Reproduction:
© 2011 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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