Sabattier Effect :.

Sabattier Effect

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Brief Introduction and Quickfacts
Detailed Description
Artists and Paintings
More Examples – defined visual appearance
Tools for digitial artists, prompters and word smiths

Overview and quickfacts

The Sabattier Effect is a printing process that creates a deliberate, intentional blur or “fuzziness” in the image. This effect is named after the French photographer Émile Sabatier, who invented the technique in the 1860s. The Sabattier Effect is created by printing an image twice, using different exposures. The first exposure is made with a very long shutter speed, which creates a very light image. The second exposure is made with a very short shutter speed, which creates a very dark image. When the two images are combined, the light areas of the first image are printed over the dark areas of the second image, and vice versa. This creates a deliberate blur or “fuzziness” in the image. The Sabattier Effect can be used to create a variety of different effects, from a subtle softening of the image to a more extreme “fuzzy” look. It is often used in portrait photography to create a softer, more flattering look. It can also be used in landscape photography to create a dreamy, ethereal look.

The art style is also known as: Solarization, Sabatier process
Categories: Impressionism, Modernism

1. William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877) 2. Anna Atkins (1799-1871) 3. Louis Daguerre (1787-1851) 4. Hippolyte Fizeau (1819-1896) 5. Joseph Plateau (1801-1883) 6. Robert Cornelius (1809-1893) 7. John William Draper (1811-1882) 8. Alexander Wolcott (1816-1875) 9. Samuel Morse (1791-1872) 10. John Herschel (1792-1871) 11. William Henry Jackson (1843-1942) 12. Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904) 13. Timothy H. O’Sullivan (1840-1882) 14. Carleton Watkins (1829-1916) 15. William P. Gottlieb (1917-2006) 16. Francis Bruguiere (1879-1945) 17. Man Ray (1890-1976) 18. László Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) 19. Herbert Bayer (1900-1985) 20. Alexander Rodchenko (1891-1956) 21. Paul Outerbridge (1896-1958) 22. Laszlo Willinger (1899-1985) 23. Umbo (Otto Umbehr) (1902-1980) 24. Andre Kertesz (1894-1985) 25. Brassaï (1899-1984) 26. Bill Brandt (1904-1983) 27. Weegee (Arthur Fellig) (1899-1968) 28. Diane Arbus (1923-1971) 29. Garry Winogrand (1928-1984) 30. Lee Friedlander (1934- )

1. “Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2” by Marcel Duchamp (1912) 2. “Portrait of Mme. Matisse” by Henri Matisse (1905) 3. “The Red Studio” by Henri Matisse (1911) 4. “The Young Sailor II” by Henri Matisse (1906) 5. “Woman with a Hat” by Henri Matisse (1905) 6. “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon” by Pablo Picasso (1907) 7. “Portrait of Gertrude Stein” by Pablo Picasso (1905) 8. “Self-Portrait” by Vincent van Gogh (1887) 9. “Starry Night” by Vincent van Gogh (1889) 10. “The Sower” by Vincent van Gogh (1888) 11. “Wheat Field with Cypresses” by Vincent van Gogh (1889) 12. “The Scream” by Edvard Munch (1895) 13. “The Madonna” by Leonardo da Vinci (1452) 14. “Mona Lisa” by Leonardo da Vinci (1503-1506) 15. “The Last Supper” by Leonardo da Vinci (1495-1498) 16. “The Birth of Venus” by Sandro Botticelli (1486) 17. “The Annunciation” by Sandro Botticelli (1481-1482) 18. “The Adoration of the Magi” by Sandro Botticelli (1475-1476) 19. “The Tempest” by Giorgione (1508) 20. “The Three Graces” by Peter Paul Rubens (1635) 21. “The Four Seasons” by Peter Paul Rubens (1636-1638) 22. “The Raft of the Medusa” by Théodore Géricault (1819) 23. “The Death of Marat” by Jacques-Louis David (1793) 24. “Napoleon Crossing the Alps” by Jacques-Louis David (1800-1801) 25. “The Death of Socrates” by Jacques-Louis David (1787) 26. “The Hay Wagon” by Andrew Wyeth (1938) 27. “Christina’s World” by Andrew Wyeth (1948) 28. “The Room” by Andrew Wyeth (1951) 29. “Snow Flurries” by Georgia O’Keeffe (1919) 30. “Radiator Building” by Georgia O’Keeffe (1927)

Detailed Description

Sabattier Effect The Sabattier effect is a printing technique that produces a deliberate, usually unwanted, over-exposure of the photographic paper to light, resulting in a high-contrast image with areas of pure white and areas of pure black. The effect is named after the French photographer Émile Sabatier, who invented the technique in the 1860s. The Sabattier effect is often used to create artistic effects, such as solarization, or to emphasize certain areas of an image. It can also be used to correct underexposed or overexposed images. The Sabattier effect is created by exposing the photographic paper to light twice: once to create the image, and again to create the over-exposure. The second exposure is usually created by shining a strong light onto the paper, such as a flashlight or the sun. The effect can also be created digitally, by manipulating the levels of exposure in an image editing program. Famous artists who have used the Sabattier effect include Man Ray, László Moholy-Nagy, and Pablo Picasso.