![]() ![]() Although it can be traced back to these early ideas, the Pictorialist movement was at its most active between 18 and during its heyday it had an international reach with centers in England, France, and the USA. This began to change from the 1850s when advocates such as the English painter William John Newton suggested that photography could also be artistic. Photography was invented in the late 1830s and was initially considered to be a way in which to produce purely scientific and representational images. Through their creations, the movement strove to elevate photography to the same level as painting and have it recognized as such by galleries and other artistic institutions. Pictorialists took the medium of photography and reinvented it as an art form, placing beauty, tonality, and composition above creating an accurate visual record. ![]()
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