British Tommies run down a partially-wrecked street during door-to-door and hand-to-hand fighting with resisting Nazis, 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:
P2020.6.52
Provenance
Purchased by the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College on August 12, 2020 from Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York.
Commentary
Hide-And-Seek Fighting In Italian Streets: A dramatic bit of action radioed to the United States. British Tommies run down a partially-wrecked street in this town during door-to-door and hand-to-hand fighting with resisting Nazis.
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.
Marks
On recto: Label in bottom right corner, "DISPATCH / PHOTO NEWS / SERVICE / INC. / NEW YORK". On verso: Typewritten label attached in center, "HIDE-AND-SEEK FIGHTING IN ITALIAN STREETS / A dramatic bit of action radioed to the United States showing British Tommies running / down the partially wrecked street in this town during their door-to-door and hand-to- / hand fighting with the resisting Nazis. Produced Exclusively by Dispatch Photo News Service, New York City". Handwritten in graphite in top left corner, "DP-WW2-052".
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.
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