This stone coaster features one of his most famous and controversial pieces of work. The piece "Two Ways of Life" (1857) was created by photographing 32 different scenes individually and combining them. The scene is supposed to represent a contrast between sin (vice) and virtue. The work of art was considered indecent. Photography was still in its infancy and the fact that women were photographed in states of indecency was shocking to many. Photography was not considered an art form by the masses and was not in the same class as painted works of art.
If you think back to the primitive camera technology of the time, this is impressive. Most photographers were using wet-colloid plates during the Victorian period. The technique he used is also called combination printing. Rejlander is thought to be the first one to use this technique to create photography works of art.
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