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Digital retoucher Amy Dresser discusses manipulated photography in the digital age. Dresser modifies and composites photographs for a wide range of clients. Using her background as a painter, she brings a unique touch to the images she creates.

Recorded October 14, 2012

Part of a Sunday at the Met program held in conjunction with 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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Cuisine

Eugène Atget (French, Libourne 1857–1927 Paris)

Date:: ca. 1910
Medium:: Albumen silver print from glass negative
Dimensions:: 21.4 x 17.2 cm. (8 7/16 x 6 3/4 in.)
Classification:: Photographs
Credit Line:: Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 1990
Accession Number:: 1990.1026.2

This artwork is not on display

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: Stamped in ink on mount, verso C: "PHOTO E. ATGET//COLLECTION BERENICE ABBOTT//1 W. 67th ST.//COPYRIGHT"; inscribed in pencil on print, verso UC: "Cg. Inv.//(1976-20)", UC[below former]: "Atget//Cuisine[underlined]//#710", LC: "Atget's Kitchen [underlined]"
Provenance

Carlton Gallery, Philadelphia
Notes

For related information and photographs see: The Work of Atget, Volume II, The Art of Old Paris. New York: (MOMA), 1982, pp.19-22; Berenice Abbott believes this photograph represents Atget's kitchen, as per inscription; Atget negative number: 710
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