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Adolphe Braun

Switzerland. Grindelwald, Upper Glacier, Source of the Lutschine

1875–77
Carbon print, toned, from wet collodion negative
59.1 × 74.3 cm (23.3 × 29.3 in)

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Braun's photographs often bore a stylistic resemblance to realist painting in France. Photography was an important factor in the evolution of realism, a style that was then gaining popularity. With its forthright depiction of natural forces, this photograph of a river springing from a glacier clearly recalls landscape paintings by Gustave Courbet (1819–1877). Courbet's numerous river scenes were contemporary with Braun's work and were part of the aesthetic context of the time.

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