Monday, October 08, 2018

The Test Of Time


There is something slightly fake about this Victorian photograph: the quality of the print is a little too good, the line between the foreground and the background is just a little too sharp.  I have examined the print carefully, and as far as I can make out, it is a genuine studio photograph from the 1880s. It is just that she has stood the test of time rather well.
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1 comment:

  1. Barbara Rogers3:11 PM

    My first thought was that he (photographer) overexposed the background when printing it. But he sure did a good job of it, didn't he?

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