The American Museum of Photography (last mentioned in the
January 8, 1999 Scout Report ) is presently featuring new and exciting online exhibits covering a range of categories. Viewers can choose to enter the "private universe of photomontage artist" Scott Mutter (creator of
Surrational Images) and view some of his most famous photographs, or choose to take a brief glimpse into the faces of slavery and other early images of African Americans. Curious and daring viewers can take a journey through the gallery of ghosts and ectoplasm captured by the camera, or explore the remarkable images by Shotaro Shimomura XXI. Taken from his trip around the world in 1934 and 1935, the Shimomura photographs combine elements of both the pictorialist and modernist styles prevalent in the 1930s. In all, regardless of what gallery one chooses to enter or what collection one chooses to explore, one is sure to be moved and entertained by the remarkable images.
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