After a bit of browsing on the internet, I realize that it's common knowledge
that "Edgar Degas, by allowing the framing edge to cut through a figure ...had
its origins in photography as does his use of extreme angles and compressed
space."
But I have yet to see any photographs from his period that did that -- except
in large, outdoor crowd scenes -- as might be found in paintings, etchings,
and even tapestries as well -- going back hundreds of years.
The cropped snap-snots of single figures from strange angles came later --
perhaps influenced by painting, rather than the other way around.
The more likely source for these effects would be Ukiyo-e prints.
Google Utamaro - and then sit back and enjoy the delights of line drawing and
dynamic graphic design.
The Met Museum's website page for Degas also suggests that Italian Mannerist
painting was a source for those effects.
(but, of course, Saul might be applying an unusual, photocentric definition
for "framing edge" and "extreme angles" just as he did for "blurring")
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>Nadar's photos of paris taken from a balloon to start with - some of the
civil war photos taken by Brady - Edward Anthony's New york street scenes
taken from a second story window -
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