Ryerson University Digital Commons @ Ryerson Theses and dissertations 1-1-2010 The ommC and to Look: The udesN of William Mortensen Heather Pridemore Ryerson University Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ryerson.ca/dissertations Part of the Photography Commons Recommended Citation Pridemore, Heather, "The ommC and to Look: The udeN s of William Mortensen" (2010). Theses and dissertations. Paper 1578. This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Commons @ Ryerson. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and dissertations by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Ryerson. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE COMMAND TO LOOK: THE NUDES OF WILLIAM MORTENSEN by Heather Pridemore, BFA, University of South Florida, May 2007 A thesis presented to Ryerson University in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Master’s degree in the Program of Photographic Preservation and Collections Management Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2010 © Heather Pridemore, 2010 I hereby declare that I am the sole author of this thesis or dissertation. I authorize Ryerson University to lend this thesis or dissertation to other institutions for the purpose of scholarly research. I further authorize Ryerson University to reproduce this thesis or dissertation by photocopying or by other means, in total or in part, at the request of other institutions or individuals for the purpose of scholarly research. ii ABSTRACT The Command to Look: The Nudes of William Mortensen considers the use of the female form by William Herbert Mortensen (American, 1897-1965), who during his life was a prominent pictorialist photographer, writer, and teacher.