Description
American Grotesque is a lavish retrospective of grotesque, occult, and erotic images by the forgotten Hollywood photographer William Mortensen (1897-1965), an innovative pictorialist visionary whom Ansel Adams called the Antichrist and to whom Anton LaVey dedicated The Satanic Bible.
Mortensen's countless technical innovations and inspired use of special effects prefigures the development of digital manipulation and Photoshop. Includes a gallery of more than one hundred striking photographs in duotone and color, many of them previously unseen, and accompanying essays by Mortensen and others on his life, work, techniques, and influence.
Author: William Mortensen
Publisher: Feral House
Published: 11/25/2014
Pages: 300
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.60lbs
Size: 12.00h x 8.80w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781936239979
ISBN10: 1936239973
BISAC Categories:
- Photography | Individual Photographers | Monographs
- Photography | Individual Photographers | Artists' Books
- Biography & Autobiography | Artists, Architects, Photographers