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William Herbert Mortensen (January 27, 1897 – August 12, 1965) was an American glamour photographer, primarily known for his Hollywood portraits in the 1920s–1940s in the Pictorialist style. [1]
Dec 4, 2014 · American Grotesque is a lavish retrospective of grotesque, occult, and erotic images by the forgotten Hollywood photographer William Mortensen (1897–1965).
Jul 1, 2022 · William Mortensen was one of Hollywood’s most prolific glamour photographers, but his unconventional photographic techniques and his obsession with the macabre and the occult ensured that his once-illustrious career ended in ostracization and relative obscurity. William Mortensen, Obsession / Fear, c. 1930.
Feb 16, 2022 · Enjoy the fantastic art of William Mortensen, the greatest visionary photographic artist you’ve probably never heard of! Curator Annabella Pritchard with William Mortensen’s 1928 photograph “The Old Hag” at the Heritage Museum of Orange County, Santa Ana.
Mar 17, 2023 · The Antichrist in Hollywood: William Mortensen and His Photography of the Grotesque. The artist left his mark on cinema by bringing his unusual taste and talent to studio photographs and films by DeMille and Tod Browning. Z. W. Lewis. •.
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Mar 11, 2015 · William Mortensen wasn’t merely a rival in the still-young art of photography nearly a century ago, but his pictures were windblown and cinematic, depicting scenes of sexual tension,...
