Oscar Gustav Rejlander

Oscar Gustav Rejlander ( 1813 – 1875 )

 

He was swedish but he lived in England. It is considered by many people how as the father of photomontage and manipulation in photography.

He was one of the pioneers in artistic photography. He performed his works in the studio with a lot of props and focused his photographs in allegory, myth and history.  

He made sketches and later he retouched the negatives, in many cases no one noticed the retouching.

He didn´t pursue realism but an ideal according to preset rules, ideals and moral for the conservative people of the time.

Photomontages

Portraits of young girls

Portrait of baron Hallan Tenyson

Homeless boy

Kate Dore with artificial frame

Charles Dodgson

Nude: part of composition two ways of life

Two ways of life