The Focal Press Companion to the Constructed Image in Contemporary Photography

Acknowledgments

Anne Leighton Massoni was trained as an anthropologist and photographer with dual majors from Connecticut College and additional study at Salt Center for Documentary Field Studies. During her graduate studies at Ohio University, she turned her practice of photography towards the constructed image, utilizing early versions of Photoshop to layer images and post-printing manipulation to further her image content. Massoni delved into the world of constructed photography in an effort to seek complexity in the creation of images made by a medium many construed as being as simple as pressing a button.While she recognizes that not everyone who embraces constructed imagery is bound to a layered technique or convoluted meaning, she asserts ...