TY - BOOK ID - 4780902 TI - Still : American silent motion picture photography PY - 2013 SN - 9780226013268 PB - Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, DB - UniCat KW - Motion picture actors and actresses KW - Photographers KW - Cinematography KW - Acteurs et actrices de cinéma KW - Photographes KW - Cinéma KW - Stills (Motion pictures) KW - 77.04 KW - 77 <73> KW - fotografie KW - film KW - stille film KW - filmstills KW - filmgeschiedenis KW - fotografiegeschiedenis KW - Verenigde Staten KW - twintigste eeuw KW - negentiende eeuw KW - glamourfotografie KW - portretfotografie KW - Hollywood KW - Freulich Jack KW - Longworth Bert KW - Jones Ray KW - Seely Walter Frederick KW - Rice Arthur KW - Lachman Harry KW - Earle Ferdinand P. KW - Curtis Edward S. KW - Ellis John KW - Mortensen William KW - Boris M.I. KW - Majdrakoff Boris Ivan KW - Abbe James KW - Albin Charles KW - Alexander Kenneth KW - Waxman Henry KW - Brown Milton KW - Earle Edward C. KW - Estep Junius KW - Walling William Jr. KW - Richee Eugene Robert KW - Bachrach Ernest KW - Ball Russell KW - Powolny Frank KW - Archer Fred KW - Carsey Harold Dean KW - Evans Nelson KW - Spurr Melbourne KW - Witzel Albert KW - Matzene Richard Gordon KW - Genthe Arnold KW - McIntosh Burr KW - Sartov Hendrick KW - Hurrell George KW - Eickemeyer Rudolf Jr. KW - Sarony Napoleon KW - Falk Benjamin J. KW - 77.036 KW - Artistieke fotografie. Foto's naar het onderwerp KW - Fotografie--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA KW - 77 <73> Fotografie--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA KW - 77.04 Artistieke fotografie. Foto's naar het onderwerp KW - Acteurs et actrices de cinéma KW - Cinéma KW - Boris M.I KW - Curtis Edward S KW - Earle Edward C KW - Earle Ferdinand P KW - Eickemeyer Rudolf Jr KW - Falk Benjamin J KW - Walling William Jr KW - Photography KW - Chronophotography KW - Photographs KW - Animated pictures KW - Motion pictures UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:4780902 AB - While the American silent movie was one of the most significant popular art forms of the modern age, it is also one that is largely lost to us, as more than eighty percent of silent films have disappeared, the victims of age, disaster, and neglect. We now know about many of these cinematic masterpieces only from the collections of still portraits and production photographs that were originally created for publicity and reference. Capturing the beauty, horror, and moodiness of silent motion pictures, these images are remarkable pieces of art in their own right. In the first history of still camera work generated by the American silent motion picture industry, David S. Shields chronicles the evolution of silent film aesthetics, glamour, and publicity, and provides unparalleled insight into this influential body of popular imagery. Exploring the work of over sixty camera artists, "Still" recovers the stories of the photographers who descended on early Hollywood and the stars and starlets who sat for them between 1908 and 1928. Focusing on the most culturally influential types of photographs - the performer portrait and the scene still - Shields follows photographers such as Albert Witzel and W. F. Seely as they devised the poses that newspapers and magazines would bring to Americans, who mimicked the sultry stares and dangerous glances of silent stars. He uncovers scene shots of unprecedented splendor - visions that would ignite the popular imagination. And he details how still photographs changed the film industry, whose growing preoccupation with artistry in imagery caused directors and stars to hire celebrated stage photographers and transformed cameramen into bankable names. Reproducing over 150 of these gorgeous black-and-white photographs, "Still" brings to life an entire long-lost visual culture that a century later still has the power to enchant. ER -