A Nook of Photos
[nook: a hidden or secluded spot]
Day after day photographs amaze the mind and startle the eye.
Jan 3, 2009
8:46pm
Photographer: unknown. Woman wearing a mask. c. 1865.
I like her casual stance, like nothing out of the ordinary is going on.
Source: Kasher, S., (2008), America and the Tintype, International Center of Photography.
Jan 3, 2009
8:45pm
Photographers Golder and Robinson. Cartoon of a man bird-hunting. c. 1880.
The cartoon is only the bottom half of the photo. The man’s head is leaning onto the backdrop. Nice dodging on the upper half.
Source: Kasher, S., (2008), America and the Tintype, International Center of Photography.
Jan 3, 2009
8:44pm
Photographer: unknown. Cartoon of a man jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge. c. 1883.
It appears the man stuck his head through a hole, as it looks like the backdrop is continuous. It’s a snug fit, well done.
Source: Kasher, S., (2008), America and the Tintype, International Center of Photography.
Dec 30, 2008
10:56pm
James Dean…sorry no other info, cannot remember where I found this famous photo…recently watched Nicholas Ray’s Rebel Without a Cause again. Excellent film. In a Lonely Place is another excellent film by N. Ray.
Dec 27, 2008
11:19pm
I believe the photographer is Stephen Stills, the production is from The Secret Agent, put on by two Glasgow artists, one being Judd Brucke. Pictured is actress Louisa Thornton playing a Victorian character.
Dec 22, 2008
7:42pm
Photographer: Alinari, Advertisement for Dr. Gabbrieli’s orthopaedic supplies store.
Frizot, M. (1994), The New History of Photography, Konemann
Dec 22, 2008
7:41pm
Photographer: Soler, A Local, Tunis, c. 1890.
Frizot, M. (1994), The New History of Photography, Konemann
Dec 21, 2008
4:41pm
Dec 21, 2008
4:41pm
Dec 19, 2008
8:02pm
Nadar was the first person to really utilize the “flash light” to take photos in dark places. For Nadar it was the catacombs and sewers of Paris. If memory serves (as it is a bit muddled), the first flash was made by igniting a magnesium ribbon, it’s fleeting hence the cloud of smoke after it fires, just as in firework displays. Flash light is extremely important in taking good pictures and it seems to be the least discussed attribute of photography. By the way, the mineral lime was used in an early form of artificial light—it was bright and ‘clean’, it was too bright to be used in homes, so it was used to light far away scenes (hence the saying “in the limelight” in the theatre world).
Dec 19, 2008
8:01pm
Dec 19, 2008
8:01pm
Dec 14, 2008
7:41pm
“Hat Style from Gutach, Black Forest- The severity of her Puritanical garb is somewhat tempered by the quaint hat loaded with heavy pompons which are coloured bright red for the unmarried girl and sombre black when the wearer is to be a married woman.”
(c. 1930), The Secret Museum of Mankind, Manhattan House, New York.
Photos from c. 1905.
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Photographer: unknown. Woman wearing a mask. c. 1865.
I like her casual stance, like nothing out of the ordinary is going on.
Source: Kasher, S., (2008), America and the Tintype, International Center of Photography.
Photographers Golder and Robinson. Cartoon of a man bird-hunting. c. 1880.
The cartoon is only the bottom half of the photo. The man’s head is leaning onto the backdrop. Nice dodging on the upper half.
Source: Kasher, S., (2008), America and the Tintype, International Center of Photography.
Photographer: unknown. Cartoon of a man jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge. c. 1883.
It appears the man stuck his head through a hole, as it looks like the backdrop is continuous. It’s a snug fit, well done.
Source: Kasher, S., (2008), America and the Tintype, International Center of Photography.
James Dean…sorry no other info, cannot remember where I found this famous photo…recently watched Nicholas Ray’s Rebel Without a Cause again. Excellent film. In a Lonely Place is another excellent film by N. Ray.
I believe the photographer is Stephen Stills, the production is from The Secret Agent, put on by two Glasgow artists, one being Judd Brucke. Pictured is actress Louisa Thornton playing a Victorian character.
Photographer: Alinari, Advertisement for Dr. Gabbrieli’s orthopaedic supplies store.
Frizot, M. (1994), The New History of Photography, Konemann
Photographer: Soler, A Local, Tunis, c. 1890.
Frizot, M. (1994), The New History of Photography, Konemann
Nadar was the first person to really utilize the “flash light” to take photos in dark places. For Nadar it was the catacombs and sewers of Paris. If memory serves (as it is a bit muddled), the first flash was made by igniting a magnesium ribbon, it’s fleeting hence the cloud of smoke after it fires, just as in firework displays. Flash light is extremely important in taking good pictures and it seems to be the least discussed attribute of photography. By the way, the mineral lime was used in an early form of artificial light—it was bright and ‘clean’, it was too bright to be used in homes, so it was used to light far away scenes (hence the saying “in the limelight” in the theatre world).
“Hat Style from Gutach, Black Forest- The severity of her Puritanical garb is somewhat tempered by the quaint hat loaded with heavy pompons which are coloured bright red for the unmarried girl and sombre black when the wearer is to be a married woman.”
(c. 1930), The Secret Museum of Mankind, Manhattan House, New York.
Photos from c. 1905.
