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Faking It Symposium: Indexical Fingers

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The symposium "Truth, Lies, and Photographs" was presented in conjunction with the exhibition Faking It: Manipulated Photography before Photoshop, on view October 11, 2012, through January 27, 2013. In this talk, Jordan Bear, Assistant Professor of Art History, University of Toronto, presents multiple examples of Photo-Diagrams, or photographs that have been turned into photo illustrations in order to inform viewers about events that a photographer was not present to capture.

Part Four of Seven

Recorded November 2, 2012

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Paris Nouveau et ses Environs. D'Apres les Photographies. 1859

Unknown, French 

Date:
1850s
Classification:
Albums
Credit Line:
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960
Accession Number:
60.687.1

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  • Provenance

    George W. Walford

  • Notes

    Contrary to the claim of the title, the plates are inscribed as having been "Dessiné d'après nature en Lithographie per Aubrun." One albumen silver photograph of St. Paul's, London (60.687.1.44) was found loose among the plates. It has been removed and filed photo - standard.

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