Tuesday, 11 October 2016

...a failed photograph sent 107 years ago today




It was not uncommon in the Edwardian period to have your portrait taken. Hand held Kodak box cameras were available by this time, but collodion or gelatin glass plates would have been used by professional photographers to produce a polished result.

In this instance, however, the photographer apologies for an accident in the processing:


And my attempt to improve the image has not proved successful.



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