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Photo Cut-Outs: M. Henry Jones’ Film Soul City, 1977–79

The emergence of digital photography during the last decade has provided a new perspective on photographs from the pre-digital era. The photographs that M. Henry Jones created in the late 1970s for the animated film Soul City have a special place in this story of technological change.

M. Henry Jones, Soul City Cut-Out from Master Shot, Signed Photo Print, 1977

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Signed cut-out photo print from master shot of M. Henry Jones’ Soul City animation project, 1977. Signature on back of print. This item features the negative space cut-out from what Jones calls ‘The Master Shot’. It was created in 1977 when Jones was working with abstract film pioneer Harry Smith, and marks the origin of the animation idea that would become Soul City. Since the positive image of this cut-out is lost, the negative now stands as the key original.

Cut from original 8″ x 10″ photo print.