Saturday, August 3, 2013

Henry Peach Robinson ( 1830-1901)

Henry Peach Robinson was an English pictorialist photographer best known for his pioneering combination printing joining multiple negatives or prints to form a single image; an early example of photomontage. he exhibited his most famous photograph, "Fading Away," in 1858. This was a deathbed scene of a young woman, made from combining five separate negatives.


“Sleep”, 1867

-1883-

Figures in Landscape, Print from two or more negatives, circa 1880

"Morning and Evening" , 1902

"When the Day's Work is Done "(1877). Combination print made from six different negatives.

"Fading Away", in 1858 made from combining five separate negatives


Maude and Ethel, daughters of the photographer, 1868

"Red Riding Hood" , 1858


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