• Matt Blaze@federate.socialOP
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    26 days ago

    @djl Also, if you look at *paintings* from the same period, you often see the opposite, with highly exaggerated perspective effects that photography of the time generally avoided. (See, for example O’Keeffe’s skyscraper paintings).

    • David in Tokyo@mastodon.mit.edu
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      26 days ago

      @mattblaze@federate.social

      Matt: Looking at more images is, of course, good advice. You’ve mentioned in the past several names I wasn’t aware of, so, thanks.

      I got stuck on the Minor White/Ansel Adams axis in high school (68-72 or so) when every issue of Aperture was jaw-dropping amazing. I really wanted to study with Minor White (who was at MIT when I was), but realized a hyperactive computer nerd might grate on White’s sensibilities…

      An attempt from those days…

      https://pbase.com/davidjl/image/170630571