in article , Don Stauffer at
wrote on 12/29/03 9:31 AM:

I once read a fascinating book about the use of photography in
painting. Apparently many famous painters of mid to late 19, and 20th
century were also into photography, and used photography in their
painting work. One can claim that drawing perspective control lines on
canvas before painting is also cheatin


Ver Meer is said to have used a Camera Obscura to project an image onto a
canvas. The image was inverted but very accurate.


Milton