Thanks Randy. My father grew up not too far from where this photograph was made. He came along a bit later, but I imagine it looked much the same.
Thanks Randy. My father grew up not too far from where this photograph was made. He came along a bit later, but I imagine it looked much the same.
This is a tintype. This scan is on my PC and the image is at home so I don't recall the size; most likely around 2x3". What I find amusing here is the head clamp stand is visible in the shot. The background seems incongruous as well.
...Scott
Another hammock print. This is an RPPC, 3 1/2 x 5".
...Scott
wow, that is just amazing; lots of stories right there...Originally Posted by Randy Moe
This scan is of a 4x5 glass plate negative I found in a box of Central Dry Plates.
...Scott
While cleaning out my dad's house a few years back, I came across box upon box of prints, negatives (glass plate and film), and transparencies going back to the late 1800s. The "gem" of the collection is my grandparents' wedding photo, by Edward Weston. (My grandparents lived in Tropico, a small town between Glendale and Los Angeles, not too far from Weston's early studio.) In addition to the signed print, I have a box of glass plate negatives from the same photo session.
The wedding photo of your grandparents is wonderful.
Not only that, it's probably pretty rare. In the vast literature by and about Weston, you will find numerous references to him destroying old portrait negatives. I wonder how many survive?
My grandparents kept the print in a small writing desk. I don't recall ever seeing it displayed when I was a kid. My dad's brother once told me that Weston was a socialist, never made more than $5000 in a year, and didn't consider what he was doing (at least in the 1920's) to be "art". He was just a photographer trying to eke out a living. Here's another one of the Weston's, although not signed.
And yet, these portraits are in the pictorialist tradition.and didn't consider what he was doing (at least in the 1920's) to be "art".
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