How Victorian women used photocollage to subvert photographic conventions
In short: Long before the avant-garde embraced collage, aristocratic women were experimenting with whimsical, fantastical compositions. This video explores how these early makers used photographs and watercolors to create surreal landscapes and morph human faces into household objects.
The exhibition showcases forty-eight works from the 1860s and 1870s that reveal the intellect and skill of their creators. These images often feature dramatic shifts in scale and sharp wit, reminiscent of the surrealism found in Alice in Wonderland. By combining human heads with animal bodies or placing people in imaginary settings, these women challenged the serious conventions of early photography through early forms of photocollage.
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- Summary by Intellect · source: Women's Work: Albums and Their Makers
- Also: www.npr.org — Thousands of women composers have been erased from history. Who were they?
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