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I just scanned this print today.
I think it's an 8th grade class picture from 1944. My father is the boy second from the right. This was done on 4x5 or 8x10, my guess is 8x10. The main light was in the direction the girls's shoes were pointing, and there looks like there was a fill light just right of camera. Given the film speed and depth-of-field requirements, what do you think the light sources were? Flashbulbs?
“You often feel tired, not because you've done too much, but because you've done too little of what sparks a light in you.”
― Alexander Den Heijer, Nothing You Don't Already Know
Tuco, good catch on the chins! I don't know who the people are, but people on my town's Facebook group are adding them. Good question about the orientation. This is how it was displayed in the frame, and notice the '1944' written with opaque ink on the print, and so I went with that. My newish cheap scanner now puts a line down the middle of the print. I suspect there's dust on the optical system or sensor. What a pain.
“You often feel tired, not because you've done too much, but because you've done too little of what sparks a light in you.”
― Alexander Den Heijer, Nothing You Don't Already Know
My family from 1952, my Great Grandmother's 100th birthday. I'm the youngest here, just before my second B'day.
original negative is 5x7
Rick Allen
Argentum Aevum
practicing Pastafarian
That's a good one, Rick!
“You often feel tired, not because you've done too much, but because you've done too little of what sparks a light in you.”
― Alexander Den Heijer, Nothing You Don't Already Know
Rick, the wonders of photography.
Here we are, looking at a family photo in 2024 with one of the participants, and that photo is showing members of your family which spans a period of 172 years; powerful stuff.
Thank you Peter and Nick. I posted this in the event of turning 74 last week. I have no idea how the heck that happened, it's not something I planned for.
Rick Allen
Argentum Aevum
practicing Pastafarian
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