theatrical photography
Illustration — Grisettes of the Theater an der Wien in Ludwig Gutmann's workshop 1906 • Illustration — Othello, ballet at the J. Tyl Theatre, Plzen 1960 • Illustration — Sichuan opera, 2008 • Illustration — The Last Days of Mankind at Salzburg Festival, 2014 • Illustration — La traviata, directed by Robert Wilson, Linz 2015 Theatre photography first took place in the photographer's studio before the photographer could come to the theatre with the appropriate technical equipment and take pictures on stage. Theatre photography is a genre of photography. Its Motiv (Fotografie) are performers on theatre stages as well as scenery or (rarely) prop or stage design.
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Josef Koudelka
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William McKenzie Morrison
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History
History
Trends in theatre photography are drama and comedy, opera, ballet, puppetry, cabaret, variety show and portraits of artists.
Paul Kuritz writes: ″Romanticism found its truest expression in opera. Realism found its natural form in photography, and, later, in its extension, motion pictures.″ In an interview with Maria Baranova, producer Ivan Talijancic stated that live performances are extremely ephemeral: "So it’s a tremendous challenge to capture the experience of this living, breathing, three-dimensional art form in a two-dimensional frozen moment. It takes a special eye and skill to get that."
Genre
Genre
Theatre photography serves as documentation and advertising for a theatre. Documentation includes the capturing of an artistic expression, the presentation, the realization of the theme and also the stage design. Recordings of theatre scenes and performers are used in showcases, for theatre posters, programme booklets and advertisements. The most extensive use of theatre photos is in the media, mainly to announce new productions or to illustrate reviews. Professional theatre photographers are usually self-employed and are booked for the respective production, although contracts for the entire theatre season are quite common. Some large theatres have their own advertising department, in which permanently committed photographers also work.
19th century
19th century
• Alfred Ellis (1854–1930) • Nadar (1820–1910) • Napoleon Sarony (1821–1896) • Otto Sarony (1850–1903)
1900–1945
1900–1945
• * James Abbe (1883–1973) * Alice Boughton (1866–1943) * Joseph Byron (1847–1923) * Rosemarie Clausen (1907–1990) * Hugo Erfurth (1874–1948) * Ludwig Gutmann (1869–1943) * Elli Marcus (1899–1977) — — * Gjon Mili (1904–1984) * Herman Mishkin (1870–1948) * Ursula Richter (1886–1946) * Alfredo Valente (1899–1973) * Florence Vandamm (1883–1966) * Ruth Wilhelmi (1904–1977)
1945–2000
1945–2000
• * Gordon Anthony (1902–1989) * Andreas Birkigt (b. 1949) * Fergus Bourke (1934–2004) * Věra Caltová (1923–2009) * Rosemarie Clausen (1907–1990) * Zoë Dominic (1920–2011) * Siegfried Enkelmann (1905–1978) * Hainer Hill (1913–2001) * Pedro Kramreiter (born 1939) * Ivan Kyncl (1953–2004) * Siegfried Lauterwasser (1913–2000) * Elli Marcus (1899–1977) — — * Gjon Mili (1904–1984) * Jack Mitchell (1925–2013) * Lewis Morley (1925–2013) * Stefan Moses (1928–2018) * Fritz Peyer (1919–2001) * Barbara Pflaum (1912–2002) * Erio Piccagliani (1917–2002) * Avraham Pisarek (1901–1983) * Liselotte Strelow (1908–1981) * Abisag Tüllmann (1935–1996) * Ruth Wilhelmi (1904–1977)
21st century
21st century
• * Maria Baranova (b. 1979) New York City * Andreas Birkigt (b. 1949) Leipzig * Luigi Caputo Salzburg * Marc J. Franklin New York City * Željko Jovanović (b. 1961) Belgrade — — * Joan Marcus New York City * Reza Moatarian (b. 1969) Iran
Practice
The use of digital single-lens reflex camera and fast objectives with different focal length — depending on the size of the stage — enables the theater photographer to react to the most diverse light moods on stage. The use of a flash is usually prohibited during stage performances; it is also in most cases not appropriate as it ″flattens″ everything with its white light. Many theatre photographers also shoot in raw image format to compensate for colour cast and deviating colour temperature in the digital workflow. In addition, digital photography allows a quick and timely publication of the photos in mass media. Photographs are mainly taken only during rehearsals so that the performance is not affected. There are often extra "photo and TV rehearsals" before the premiere, to which press photographers are invited. Photo and TV rehearsals, for example, are the standard in all theatres and opera houses in Berlin and Hamburg, Salzburg and Vienna.
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Paul Kuritz: The Making of Theatre History, Prentice Hall 1987, p. 311
- 2.The Brooklyn Rail: The Art of Capturing the Ephemeral, Maria Baranova's performance photography, July/August 2016
- 3.Emanuele M. Barboni Dalla Costa: Live Music and Theatre Photography, 2021
- 4.Von der Pose zum Ausdruck. Theaterphotographie 1900–1930 on Worldcat
- 5.Theaterfotografie. Eine Darstellung ihrer Geschichte anhand der Sammlung des Deutschen Theatermuseums on worldCat
Bibliography printed in the source article · 7
- Joel Anderson Theatre & Photography, Red Globe 2015
- William C. Kenyon: Theatre & Stage Photography, Routledge 2018,
- Barbara Lesák: Von der Pose zum Ausdruck. Theaterphotographie 1900–1930. Von der Pose zum Ausdruck. Theaterphotographie 1900–1930 on Worldcat 224 p., Brandstätter, 2003, (History of Theatre Photography in Austria)
- Claudia Balk: Theaterfotografie. Eine Darstellung ihrer Geschichte anhand der Sammlung des Deutschen Theatermuseums. Theaterfotografie. Eine Darstellung ihrer Geschichte anhand der Sammlung des Deutschen Theatermuseums on worldCat 231 p., Hirmer, Munich, 1989,
- Die Deutsche Bühne: The magazine is published monthly in Friedrich Berlin Verlag, Berlin.
- Theater heute: The magazine is published monthly in Friedrich Berlin Verlag, Berlin.
- Theater der Zeit: The magazine is published monthly in Verlag Theater der Zeit, Berlin.
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