b. 9 July 1830; d. 21 February 1901
This image is the composition of 5 negatives, in which the girl is shown dying. Many criticized this image as being inappropriate. It was also highly discussed because of it touched on the boundaries between science and art. Though it is a joint image of 5 negatives, many who viewed the piece would never realize that it wasn't one image, although some who viewed the piece up close could see the "joins" of the negatives.
http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/history/robinson.htm
Boyd Webb
1947
Boyd Webb was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, where he studied at the Ilam School of Art. Later moving to London to get his MA in sculture at the Royal College of Art. His photography depicts impossible/surreal images, and i was intrigued by this particular constructed space because of how the figure is casually reaching up to trim the plant, as though she is not sitting under what is seemingly the ground level. I also like how the figure is nude, adding to the feeling that she is one with the earth.
http://www.artnet.com/Galleries/Artists_detail.asp?gid=139120&aid=17598
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