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Description: | A photograph of the German author Hans Heinz Ewers (1871-1943), taken by Rudolf D�hrkoop (1848-1918), about 1910. D�hrkoop has reduced the background and even the sitter's hat and coat to a cloudy blur. D�hrkoop has thus emphasised the sitter's face and expression as he looks out at the viewer. The Bromoil process used to print the photograph encouraged artistic interpretation. It allowed the photographer to emphasise or omit areas of the print. Bromoil thus became a favourite process with the Pictorialist photographers of the first half of the twentieth century. Landscapes, still lives and nudes were given an other-worldliness by manipulating the print, thereby creating a symbolic rather than literal image. Perhaps fittingly, Ewer was a writer of fantastic fiction and horror stories, including 'Alraune' (1911) and 'Vampire' (1921). | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | photograph bromoil print | Temporal: | c. 1907 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | D�hrkoop, Rudolf (1848-1918) | Identifier: | 2003-5001/2/20085 | Go to resource |
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