Photography as Fiction Guide to Imagery much of it conducted in

much of it conducted in the Lawrence Alloway Papers held by the Getty Research Institute

An ABC of What Art Can Be is an invitation to look around and think creatively—outside the boring box

"A tribute to artists and their media

Smithsonian Institution

Thomas Kren is former associate director for collections and former senior curator of manuscripts at the J

Photography as Fiction Guide to Imagery much of it conducted inErin C. Garcia Photography is commonly associated with fact, yet it has been a medium for fiction from the very beginning. Following its inception in 1839, artists began exploring photography's enormous potential for storytelling and often went to great lengths to create pictures for the camera. The tradition of staging persisted as an artistic approach into the twentieth century and took on new meaning in the context of advertising, film, and