The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Self-Portrait

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Program Information

Fixing It in Post

Program information

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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Self-Portrait

Thomas Eakins (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1844–1916 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Date:: 1889–94
Medium:: Platinum print
Classification:: Photographs
Credit Line:: Gift of Joseph R. Lasser and Ruth P. Lasser, 1985
Accession Number:: 1985.1027.18

This artwork is not on display

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