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The Two Ways of Life was one of the most ambitious and controversial photographs of the nineteenth century. The picture is an elaborate allegory of the choice between vice and virtue, represented by a bearded sage leading two young men from the countryside onto the stage of life.
In O.G. Rejlander. His most famous work, The Two Ways of Life (1857), was based on the background and arrangement of Raphael’s School of Athens (1509–11) and was created by combining more than 30 negatives.
In 1856 he made his best-known allegorical work, The Two Ways of Life. This was a seamlessly montaged combination print made of thirty-two images (akin to the use of Photoshop today, but then far more difficult to achieve) in about six weeks.
1 de jul. de 2013 · Above is Rejlander’s piece de resistance, “Two Ways of Life,” an allegorical work depicting youth torn between the staid rewards of the virtuous life and the more obvious temptations of ...
1 de jul. de 2013 · Rejlander pioneered the painstaking technique of combination printing—combining several different negatives to create a single final image. In 1857 he used this technique to produce his best-known photograph, an allegorical tableau entitled The Two Ways of Life, created using over 30 separate negatives.
During the period 1855 – 1875, Oscar Gustave Rejlander was one of Great Britain´s leading photographers. His works included portraits and staged classical or allegorical scenes which were based on paintings. The best known of these is “Two ways of life”.
3 de abr. de 2024 · His most famous work, The Two Ways of Life (1857), was based on the background and arrangement of Raphael’s School of Athens (1509–11) and was created by combining more than 30 negatives. Shown in the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857, the photograph was purchased by Queen Victoria as a gift for Prince Albert.
