Gustav LeGray

Title:

Artist: GUSTAVE LE GRAY

Medium: albumen print

Year: 1856



Give a brief description of the movement, photographer, or term you researched. How are they significant to the history of photography (50-75 words)?

Combination Printing is the technique of combining two (or more) differently exposed images into one finished image, first suggested by Hippolyte Bayard. By combining the images, the photographer could correctly expose all parts of the image, even though the dynamic range of the film was not high enough to do so. This was often used for showing both the sky and the land, but could be used for detail in shadows, or anywhere that there is light and dark.







Write a short personal reaction to the movement, photographer or term you researched. What is interesting or not interesting about the work (50 – 75 words).

Combination Printing is interesting because of the controversy over it when it first appeared; Many felt it destroyed the value of photography because it was no longer the picture exactly as taken, but rather 'a lie or untruth.' Combination printing is also interesting because in many ways, it is the same as HDR photography today; the photographer takes a series of photographs varying the exposure, then is able to show detail in all parts of the photo, both light and dark.









Name (please only include if it is ok to publish on blog): Andrew Benson