" Dreams about school seem to persist throughout childhood, and frequently into adulthood. For The Dream Collector book, when describing this image, John Minaham wrote : Also, currently in the MAO art collection. The First photo, " Girl with Dunce Cap", New York, 1972. Whether intentional or not, it's easy to see how much of Tress's work was copied a strong influence on many over priced famous artists to come such as : Cindy Sherman, Joel-Peter Witkin, Tina Barney, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Pierre et Gilles, Sandy Skoglund, and Gregory Crewdson just to name a few. While the idea of staged photography is common today, in the late 1960's Arthur Tress helped develop the art of the surreal narrative photographic style. One of my all time favorite B&W photography books, it is an amazing collection of staged photographs built around the thoughts and unconscious dreams of young children. both by Arthur Tress were published in " The Dream Collector" 1972, Westover Publishing Company. But clearly it took a photo pro to get this one so fast!! So, A big congratulations go out to Art Gallery Owner and newbie Art Blogger, Daniel Cooney of DFCA who submitted the correct answers in under 4 hours on a Saturday morning like doesn't he have something better to do? ! Nice job Dan! I guess this quiz was not as difficult as I had hoped.
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