by Artist (3)
United States Army Signal Corps Photographer
Door-to-door fighting in an unnamed town between German snipers and four U.S. infantrymen out on patrol, 1943-1945
Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on paper
Creation Place:
Europe
Technique:
Photography
Credit Line:
Restricted gift of Michael Mattis, Judy Hochberg, Fernando Barnuevo and Gloria Ybarra
Accession Number:
P2020.6.75
Provenance
Purchased by the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College on August 12, 2020 from Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York.
Commentary
Fighting in Italy: Photo from Signal Corps shows how door-to-door fighting took place in an unnamed town between German snipers and four U.S. infantrymen out on patrol. In this photo, the four men with rifles ready stalk down a seemingly-deserted, narrow thoroughfare. Death lies ahead of them and they are ready for it.
Technique
Ferrotyped prints are processed in such a way that they are shiny. The print has a sensitive surface, usually thinner, because it was put through a press while still wet.
Materials
Ferrotyped prints have a sensitive surface, usually shiny and thinner, because they are put through a press while still wet. Ferrotyping makes the surface of the photograph smoother. Light does not scatter as much on a smoother surface, so this increases contrast. That makes ferrotyped images better for press photography.
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
European Theater,
Germany,
Italy,
Patrols,
Snipers,
Soldiers,
Street Scenes,
U.S. Infantry,
World War II
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