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A Boy and His Dog: 1904
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 06/08/2008 - 2:14pm.
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1904. "Boy with dog." Oceanside, Long Island. 8x10 dry plate glass negative by the pioneering portrait photographer Gertrude Käsebier. View full size.
Gertrude K.
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 2:52pm.
Some of her portraits are a little saccharine for my taste but you have to remember what came before -- frozen people positioned with neck braces on Victorian parlor sofas. She was one of the very first to move away from those formal poses into more naturalistic settings -- the rooms where her subjects actually lived, and the real as opposed to fake outdoors. The one of the Newport laundress is really stunning -- revolutionary for 1902. The Gerson sisters, too.
Peter Pan
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 2:49pm.
Lovely photo, he looks like Peter Pan.
The light
Submitted by Kristi B on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 4:26am.
This picture is so sweet! The light and his position is so great. Fantastic. My own grandmother would be born 4 years later.
Pioneering Indeed
Submitted by The Lipstick Librarian on Sun, 06/08/2008 - 10:20pm.
Gertrude Käsebier was definitely a pioneer. A portrait that would be at home in any fine art gallery.
Sweet child~
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Sun, 06/08/2008 - 9:33pm.
What a precious child. He looks like my boy who was born about 96 years later...
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