Photographers:
Connections:

Ice and snow


 
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Contents

Introduction
1Landscape: Ice and snow
2Cityscapes with snow
Styles and movements
3Pictorialism: Landscapes of ice and snow
Photographers
4William Bradford, John Dunmore and George Critcherson: The Arctic Regions (1873)
5Richard Basso: Graf Wilczek'sche Polar-Expedition (1882-1883)
6Bisson frères: Mt. Blanc (1860s)
7Elmer & Tenney (Winona, Minn.): E. & T. Minnesota Snow - View Series of 1881 - Snow Blockade Views
8Alexander Henderson: Canadian landscapes
9William B. Post: Snowscapes
10George H. Seeley: Winter landscapes and snow
11André Kertész: Washington Square
12Roger Mayne: Richmond Park, Snow (1965)
Simulation of snow and ice with portrait studios
13The simulation of snow and ice in portrait studios

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