Abstract for report - non photographer pages

Still writing it up but this is what it will cover . . . comments invited



 Real or Not - Manipulation in Photography




1. Portrait touch-ups

2. Spirit or wonders photography

3. Journalism

4. Science

5. Art

6. Advertising

Fakery for money

Fakery for illumination

Unwitting Fakery

Fakery for fun



Journalism

Science photography

1. Medical

2. Astronomical

3. Nature

4. Observational, structural

5. Geological

6. Anthropological



Methods of fakery

Methods of improving trustworthiness

Why we fake

Does it matter?

Muybridges Zoopraxiscope Projector

Nadar said of himself

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His description of himself was of "A superficial intelligence, which has touched on too many subjects to have allowed time to explore any in depth... A dare-devil, always on the lookout for currents to swim against, oblivious of public opinion, irreconcilably opposed to any sign of law and order. A jack-of-all-trades who smiles out of the corner of his mouth and snarls with the other, coarse enough to call things by their real names, and people too - never one to miss the chance to talk of rope in the house of a hanged man." It was his description of himself.

Memories du Geant, 1864

Some Astronomical Photos (and a non astronomical snowflake)

Moon Daguerrotype
1851
John Whipple

Earliest Surviving Photo of Moon
Daguerrotype
1839
John Draper













Orion Nebula
1883
Andrew Ainslie Common

Snowflake
1885
William Bentley

Some photos of and from the non west

Andamann Islanders Fishing
1870
Albumen

Woman at Toilette

Flower Seller Japan
1870
Hand Painted Albumen

Group of Samurai
1880
Kusakabe Kimbei
Hand Painted Albumen

Two Malayan Women
1860 - 1869?

Dickens says

Then, does it appear to me that in this age three things are clamorously required of Man in the miscellaneous thoroughfares of the metropolis. Firstly, that he have his boots cleaned. Secondly, that he eat a penny ice. Thirdly, that he get himself photographed. Then do I speculate, What have those seam-worn artists been who stand at the photograph doors in Greek caps, sample in hand, and mysteriously salute the public - the female public with a pressing tenderness - to come in and be 'took'? What did they do with their greasy blandishments, before the era of cheap photography?


Charles Dickens 1860

thanks Elizabeth

Wow Elizabeth they're great!  I love the Zoopraxiscope disc, wouldn't that make a great prop indeed!
(I am looking at a stack of cds in the case they come in where they all sit on a spindle, and wondering.. how to fix translucent perspex with horses drawn on it.. between 2 cds + spin it around the spindle.. hmmm.
Can't post comments as you know.. so have to post here.  I am excited by your information.. looks very good indeed. I like the uncovering of the Dickens story, that's very interesting.