Photography as Fiction Guide to Imagery notably the iconic Case Study

notably the iconic Case Study House #22 of 1960

offers analyses by both an art historian and a practicing physician who comment

photographs and two insightful essays

Alfred Schmela

“Herb Ritts’s use of light

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