Tag: solarisation
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Tailflower (Solarization), Montevideo, 1943
A solarisation is an image recorded on a negative or on a photographic print which is wholly or partially reversed in tone so that dark areas then appear as light or light areas as dark. This effect is achieved by a brief exposure to bright light during development. Around 1930 the technique was rediscovered and…
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Portrait of Maria Portinari (Solarization)
Maria Martinelli Portinari was the wife of Brazilian neo-realist painter Candido Portinari. As a communist, he had to flee Brazil in 1948. The couple settled in Uruguay for several years, Maria’s home country.
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Portrait of Violeta López Lomba (Solarization), Montevideo, approx. 1952 (Jeanne and Arno Mandello)
Violeta López Lomba (1925-1968) was a Uruguayan ballet dancer, and founder and director of the Sodre Theatre’s Dance School in Montevideo.
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About, Part 6: A New Beginning
In Montevideo, Jeanne started her career for the third time – and succeeded once again. She was extremely resilient, as one of her main personal skills was her capacity to rebound and to overcome life’s trials by drawing on her creative skills. Jeanne and Arno loved Montevideo and Uruguay. Jeanne would comment later on that…
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About, Part 7: A New Artistic Identity
Light (black photogram), 1948/49 (Jeanne and Arno Mandello) Jeanne’s personal artistic identity changed on arriving in Uruguay and became “arte foto-gráfica”[1]. She now expressed herself by creating compositions which seem to float outside of a physical space. In addition to her adopting a new country and new cultures, she began to explore a new, resolutely…