Explore the historical evolution and visual significance of this theme through the extensive archives of Luminous-Lint. By connecting rare images, scholarly research, and diverse photographic techniques, we provide a comprehensive framework for understanding how these visual narratives have shaped the medium across the 19th and 20th centuries. Dive into our networked database of over 130,000 images to discover the pivotal trends, individual masterpieces, and deep historical connections that define this field.
| Introduction |
| 1 | Introduction to fabricated realities |
| 2 | Introduction to backgrounds and foregrounds |
| 3 | Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Aircraft |
| 4 | Backgrounds: Landscapes |
| 5 | Mimicing art within Pictorialism |
| 6 | Dioramas in Natural History Museums |
| 7 | Landscapes: Fantasy |
| Cartes de visite |
| 8 | Cartes de visite: Backgrounds and foregrounds |
| Stereoviews |
| 9 | Stereoviews: Diableries |
| Incongruous backgrounds and inappropriate props |
| 10 | Backgrounds: Incongruous |
| 11 | Inappropriate studio props |
| Legal implcations |
| 12 | The Death of Chatterton |
| Breaking the illusion |
| 13 | The all to visible background |
| Photographers |
| 14 | Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre: Dioramas |
| 15 | Bamforth & Co.: The Quarryman's Resolve (1900) |
| 16 | Joan Fontcuberta: Fabricated sciences and alternative histories |
| 17 | John Divola: Zuma |
| 18 | John Divola: Continuity - Film set photographs of bars |
| 19 | Sandy Skoglund: Installations and visions |
| 20 | Laurie Simmons: Fabicated realities and the exploration of gender |
| 21 | Roger Ballen: Shadow Chamber |
| 22 | Julie Blackmon: Domestic Vacations and other series |
| 23 | Thomas Demand: Three dimensional sculptural forms |
| 24 | David Levinthal: Series |
| 25 | Oliver Boberg: Distilled realities |
| 26 | Carl Zimmerman: Cold City |
| 27 | Lori Nix: Accidentally Kansas |
| 28 | Paolo Ventura: Italian fabricated realities |
| 29 | Thomas Allen: Uncovered |
| 30 | Arthur Tress: The Teapot Opera |
| 31 | Sarah Hobbs: Small Problems in Living |
| 32 | Cortis & Sonderegger: Fabricated realities |
| An early case of fraud using models |
| 33 | Mrs. Gladys Maud Cockburn-Lange and her faked First World War dogfight photographs |
| Conclusions |
| 34 | Conclusions to fabricated realities |
