Using a soft focus brass lens

[Steven Tribe]

good examples.
You just missed the curved focal plane of Petzval in the double portrait - but it still makes for a very interesting shot. Quite timeless- could be 1952!
The single portrait is exactly on the iris and very shallow depth of focus gives a special atmosphere to the image.

[CCHarrison]

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