The Command to Look
A Master Photographer¿s Method for Controlling the Human Gaze
1st Edition
Published on 29. September 2014
190 pages
978-1-62731-005-5 (ISBN)
Description
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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William Mortensen | George Dunham
The Command to Look
A Master Photographer's Method for Controlling the Human Gaze
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11/2014
Feral House,U.S.
€43.55
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Content
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- The Story of The Command to Look by Larry Lytle
- The Command to Look by William Mortensen and George Dunham
- 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
- 55 Salon Prints with Comments
- Infernal Impact: The Command to Look as a Formula for Satanic Success by Michael Moynihan
