Who Is Edvard Munch?

The subject of this critique is on Edvard Munch, the Norwegian painter and printmaker. Dorothy Kolinsky’s article is not just a critique on Munch, but more so an analysis of his work and the vital role that photography played in the process. Even though at first he didn’t care much about the medium, it is clear that photography helped him in his search for a reality beneath what the human eye could see. Dispite his mixed feelings toward photography he did use photography to further his art. Munch experimented with his own techniques using photos as a means of capturing the invisible aspects of reality. Even though he wanted to dismiss photography, it became an important medium for enhancing his own art. His relationship to the camera began