ISBN: 9781606061039

书名：Landscapes in Photographs / 摄影中的风景

作者：Hellman, Karen

出版：Getty Publications，2012年

精装：112页

语种：英文

尺寸：18.4*21.9 cm

Like painters and draftsmen before them, photographers turned to the landscape as a source of inspiration after the invention of the medium in 1839. Since then, changing artistic movements and technical advancements have provided opportunities for camera artists to approach the subject in diverse and imaginative ways, as illustrated by the wide range of works from the extensive collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum in Landscape in Photographs.

Until the nineteenth century, landscape was seen merely as a backdrop to a main subject, but with the rise of industrialization, natural settings became increasingly rare in urban life and, therefore, more valued and frequently represented. Plein air photographers recorded landscapes near and far, while Pictorialists, such as Edward Steichen and Imogen Cunningham, added emotional resonance to the scenery with their painterly style. During the twentieth century, the lenses of Edward Weston, Ansel Adams, and Minor White discovered lines, shades, and textures, and the landscape became a creation of rich tones and graphic compositions. Artists such as Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind went further and cropped nature into purely abstract images.

19世纪之前，景观常被看做是主题的背景。后随着工业化的兴起，自然环境在城市生活中变得越来越罕见。摄影师开始用相机记录风景，一些画家的绘画风格还为风景摄影增添了情感共鸣。20世纪的摄影艺术家们开始借用自然风景中的色调和构图进行创造，甚至是将自然裁剪成纯粹的抽象图像。此书为盖蒂中心2012年举办的Focus: Picturing Landscape 展览图录。