American photographer William Mortensen
Tantric Sorcerer, circa 1932

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This is a brief post with linked references for anyone interested in learning more about the photographer William Mortensen. Ansel Adams famously despised Mortensen and even referred to him as the "anti-Christ".
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William Herbert Mortensen (1897-1965)
"Obsession", ca. 1930
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The Kiss, (1926)

My original (SIGNED) print by William Mortensen of Sojin Kamiyama from The Thief of Baghdad. Ansel Adams said the photographer was the antichrist haha. My most prized piece. #WilliamMortensen #Sojin #maddash

William Mortensen
“Shrapnel” 1927
Masterpiece

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Traumas

#WilliamMortensen et Courtney Crawford, 1926

#NewYork: spending 4h at
Stephen Romano Gallery looking at 300 vintage prints of #Americanphotographer #WilliamMortensen of the silent movie era. This work is 100 years old and has lost nothing of its archetypal power.
I bought the first image, called '#Secrets'.
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La misanthropie est ma bouée de sauvetage

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William Mortensen's commentary about photographers becoming preoccupied with and distracted by the technical aspects of photography at the expense of creating art.
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A brief note on one of my favorite photographer's more memorable author's dedications.
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