An interesting soft focus read

[Sirius Glass]

An interesting soft focus read:

THE SOFT-FOCUS LENS AND ANGLO-AMERICAN PICTORIALISM: A Thesis Submitted for the Degree of PhD at the University of St. Andrews ,William Russell Young, III

Download the pdf file from:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...G98K1D&usg=AFQjCNHOzYNV0lnoEVmbT1dp6e5YeWYvHA

What I downloaded was missing some of the photographs in the thesis.

The thesis discusses Soft-focus, Naturalistic Photography, and Pictorialism from the historic, social and techincal points of view.

Steve

 

[MaximusM3]

Great reading, Steve. Thanks so much for the link!

 

[Russ Young]

Steve-
Glad you enjoyed my doctoral thesis.
The missing images were due to copyright issues, alas, and especially the ones in the discussion of bokeh are really crucial.
regards,
Russ Young
aka William Russell Young