Photography as Fiction Guide to Imagery notably the iconic Case Study

notably the iconic Case Study House #22 of 1960

much of it conducted in the Lawrence Alloway Papers held by the Getty Research Institute

“Herb Ritts’s use of light

Thomas Kren is former associate director for collections and former senior curator of manuscripts at the J

photographs and two insightful essays

Photography as Fiction Guide to Imagery notably the iconic Case StudyErin C. Garcia Photography is commonly associated with fact, yet it has been a medium for fiction from the very beginning. Following its inception in 1839, artists began exploring photography's enormous potential for storytelling and often went to great lengths to create pictures for the camera. The tradition of staging persisted as an artistic approach into the twentieth century and took on new meaning in the context of advertising, film, and