The Great Cinemagician: How Georges Méliès Inspired Fantasy in Analog Photography

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Speculative fiction movies are, more often than not, dependent on special and visual effects. The speculative photographic arts, before Photoshop paved the way for digital manipulation and the wide release of digital cameras, required an intense knowledge of similar visual and technical darkroom and in-camera techniques. What few people are aware of is the influence that the cinema arts have had on fantasy art in analog (film) photography... [Read More]