The Accursed
Photographer
Book Genre
Photograph Title
Morning 1905 (Jane White with Crystal Globe) (detail) (digitally altered)
Group
Photo-Secession
Notes
The Accursed is an historical novel, part of Joyce Carol Oates' Gothic series, set in 1905-6, which is perfect for Clarence White's photo, made in 1906.
The increased contrast in the detail of White's Morning used for this book cover gives the image a ghostly, haunting quality that, in my opinion, is not at all present in the original image. It also reminds me of an Edward S. Curtis photo (Waiting in the Forest - Cheyenne) on the cover of another book, The Native, by David Plante. While the photos were made around the same time (About four years apart), Curtis' is part of a documentary study of the North American Indian, while White's, aside from the fact that almost all photographs are a document of something, is essentially an image staged to create a mood, or emotional sensibility.
To view an uncropped version of Clarence White's photo, click here.
To view the front cover & spine of Joyce Carol Oates' book, scroll down and click on "Multiple Views".
To view more books using the same cover image, scroll down and click on "Multiple Uses".
The increased contrast in the detail of White's Morning used for this book cover gives the image a ghostly, haunting quality that, in my opinion, is not at all present in the original image. It also reminds me of an Edward S. Curtis photo (Waiting in the Forest - Cheyenne) on the cover of another book, The Native, by David Plante. While the photos were made around the same time (About four years apart), Curtis' is part of a documentary study of the North American Indian, while White's, aside from the fact that almost all photographs are a document of something, is essentially an image staged to create a mood, or emotional sensibility.
To view an uncropped version of Clarence White's photo, click here.
To view the front cover & spine of Joyce Carol Oates' book, scroll down and click on "Multiple Views".
To view more books using the same cover image, scroll down and click on "Multiple Uses".
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Designer
Collection
Citation
“The Accursed,” Covering Photography, accessed November 21, 2024, https://coveringphotography.bc.edu/items/show/7092.
