https://coveringphotography.bc.edu/files/original/3/6199/Brigman[Deponte]-Vera[L].jpg 1654f7741f77326d5fa93c44b1bd1723 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Covering Photography Main Collection Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Author Author of the book upon which the photograph appears Vera, Yvonne Photograph Title Title of photograph Devil's Peak, South Aftica, from Journey into Vanishing Worlds, by Paige Deponte Book Genre Novel Photo Genre Genre of Photograph Nude - Landscape Photographer Photographer Brigman, Anne W. Designer Designer of book cover Buckley, Lynn Notes Notes associated with the item A number of months ago, I received an email from Paige De Ponte, a photographer living in Hawaii. Ms. De Ponte was concerned because I had, mistakenly, as it turns out, suggested that her photograph on the cover of Yvonne Vera's novel, 'The Stone Virgins', was stylistically influenced by the early West Coast pictorialist Anne W. Brigman. In the brief blurb next to Deponte's cover image, I had stated: 'This is NOT an image by Anne W. Brigman; it is credited to Paige De Ponte, who seems to have set up a photograph 'inspired by' Brigman's signature images 'The Heart of the Storm' (1912) and 'Nude by Tree' (1915). Presumably, Deponte's photograph was made closer to the book's publication.' Ms. De Ponte informed me that, not only was there no influence, but that she was entirely unfamiliar with Brigman and her photographic work. I am grateful for being contacted by Ms. De Ponte, who, as she claims, is "a published photographer - 200 editorials and 2 fine art books (18years) and am noted on my own vision and works." Her photograph in question, 'Devil's Peak, South Africa' (from the monograph Journey into Vanishing Worlds) was made with a sharp lens and lacks some of the sentimentality and romantic sfumato characteristic of pictorialism; I do find, nevertheless, a remarkable connection in content and style between De Ponte's image and those of Anne Brigman, made more than half a century earlier. And since Deponte truly had no knowledge of Brigman, well, that only makes the comparison more intriguing. Is the resemblance merely coincidental, a product of the 'Great Minds Think Alike' school of thought, or Is the idea of a woman taking shelter beneath a gnarled tree in a barren landscape a visual template from some Jungian image bank in our collective subconscious? As much as we strive to be original in our creative efforts, virtually none of us can help being influenced by others. It was, after all, the initial thrill of being touched by someone else's work that inspired most of us who have careers in the arts to embark upon them. Among the tens of thousands of book covers I've looked at over the past half-decade, i have noticed a growing number of images that appear to recall, in style and / or content, to the work and vision of other photographers. As a result, the 'Creator' category (also indicated as 'Actual Photographer') has been added to the Covering Photography database. If the image on a book cover calls to mind the style of another photographer, whether by direct imitation, influence or, as in Paige De Ponte's case, an interesting coincidence, it will be posted under the names of both the actual imagemaker and the photographer whose work it calls to mind. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Farrar, Straus & Giroux Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2003 Relation A related resource Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Title A name given to the resource The Stone Virgins