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Elihu Vedder, ca. 1910. Unidentified photographer. Elihu Vedder papers, 1804-1969. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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herzogtum-sachsen-weissenfels:
Mathew Brady (American, 1822-1896), Daguerrotype of the Artist William Sidney Mount (1807-1868), 1853-60.
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Colour photography isn’t a modern phenomenon, but we tend to think it is because until the middle of the 20th century news couldn’t easy print colour photos and the process was expensive and fiddly…but there are quite a lot of early colour photos out there.
Here’s Monet and his Garden in 1918 by Étienne Clémentel,
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Dott: portrait of her husband, Peter McOmish Dott, art dealer and critic.
Full credit:
Peter McOmish Dott (1856–1934), Art Dealer and Critic by Jean Morton Dott.
Always have a thing for Scots and celtic men…and a portrait is only meaningful if there is a connection between sitter and artist, be they photographs or paintings. The connection comes out in the pose, the response. Too much ‘fashion’ style portraiture with empty meaning, no connection, no soul, no truth out there.
Here you can feel the connection between wife and husband, even the uncomfortable nature of shift of power or position temporarily, even the quizzical nature of his look, like ‘why are we doing this?’ – very much a dynamic of long term partners. It’s very telling…
Also I think he’s taken his glasses off, hence the squinting (might not be quizzical then?). Very vain 😉
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Fry: portrait of the social reformer Edward Carpenter.
And out queer man! Don’t forget that! Rather important for the time…
Not seen this portrait before, I’ve posted photos of him from later years on this tumblr.
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Early photo of man with Lace jabot. Lace jabots are surprisingly expensive, proper ones anyway, my partner wanted one for a wedding and I couldn’t hire one and rather expensive for one use!
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From XMarks The Scot forum:
“The child in the photo (with his father) is Wilhelm II of Germany … later to be Emperor Wilhelm II during World War I (whilst his relatives ‘King George V’ of the UK and ‘Czar Nicholas II’ of Russia were also grand-children of Queen Victoria against Germany during WWI – the same years in which King George V formed the Windsor family to replace the German family name ” “Saxe-Coburg and Gotha” )“ -
Painting by Paul Signac, ‘Dimanche’ (Sunday), oil on canvas, 1888-1890
So was Hockney making explicit reference to this photo? Seems closer than Arnolfini Marriage or Rake’s Progress. I mean even the cat’s there…
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“A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”
Oscar WildeI suspect this is hand coloured but there was also early colour photography. Don’t know why this picture took me by surprise then….possibly because I’m used to blurry B&W portraits and nothing as clean and clear as this?
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WUT 50 SHADES OF GREY? Sorry, too easy…
I await the 50 Shades / Zone Theory Photo Geek Slash Fic with interest…
Ansel Adams (American, 1902-1984), Self-Portrait, ca 1930. Silver gelatin print.
