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The Command to Look
A Master Photographer's Method for Controlling the Human Gaze
- 190 pages
- English
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eBook - ePub
The Command to Look
A Master Photographer's Method for Controlling the Human Gaze
About this book
The Command to Look was one of William Mortensen's most influential and sought-after books, and has been out of print for fifty years. Reproduced here in full, this book includes an essay by Michael Moynihan on how its images influenced the occult "lesser magic" of the founder of the Church of Satan, Anton Szandor LaVey.
The book reproduces fifty-five images of Mortensen's best work and text by the wittiest and most biting writers on photography of their time.
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Yes, you can access The Command to Look by William Mortensen,George Dunham in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Art & Photography. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- The Story of The Command to Look: William Mortensen, Creative Pictorialism and the Psychology of Control
- The Command to Look
- Foreword
- 1. Personal Questions
- 2. Personal History—Origin of the Formula
- 3. The Pictorial Imperative
- 4. Analysis of the Impact
- 5. Subject Interest—Sex, Sentiment, and Wonder
- 6. You and the Picture
- 7. Putting the Formula to Work
- 8. Preface to the Pictures
- Fifty-Five Salon Prints with Comments
- Infernal Impact: The Command to Look as a Formula for Satanic Success