Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/The White House

The White House[edit]

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Reason: A fairly major work in the development of photographic framing, mixing casual and formal in one photo. A good exemplar of a major photographer.
Articles in which this image appears: James Craig Annan, Camera Work
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Others
Creator: James Craig Annan, restored by Adam Cuerden

Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.7% of all FPs.} 20:18, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Picture is a bit blurry, no? – Howard🌽33 21:22, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Somewhat expected from a photogravure. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.7% of all FPs.} 22:06, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
For the record, reading up more, a lot of the blurring was apparently added intentionally in post-processing. It's meant to give it the impression of a painting, and, honestly, it does kind of fit in with the way paintings were composed in that period. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.7% of all FPs.} 13:17, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I'd love to know why this was considered as an example framing etc. It has no artistic merit as a composition to my eyes. So much wrong with it. Charlesjsharp (talk) 21:36, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Do you know what I mean when I say that the first people to do things can sometimes do them a lot less well than they'd be done later? This is photography composition before the refinement, kind of major because it attempted to get multiple levels and has prominent people in a landscape shot. It's bold in that it daringly broke the rules. Other people would later break the rules a lot better. Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.7% of all FPs.} 22:02, 11 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry, but it does seem rather blah. -- Sca (talk) 15:29, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If this really got people to do things differently, then OK; but not if it was a poorly-executed attempt. We need THE image that broke the mould... Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:56, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps a good agreement might be: if I withdraw this, and if I can get an article on the image itself (as opposed to just in Annan's article), or an article on the house itself, we relook at it? Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.7% of all FPs.} 13:12, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Sca and Charlesjsharp: Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.7% of all FPs.} 16:54, 13 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Withdraw for now Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 8.7% of all FPs.} 00:30, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:51, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Withdrawn nomination. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:51, 14 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]