Two men on the deck of a ship, about 1890
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johninbkk [deleted] 58 months ago | reply
The reclining man reading the newspaper has remarkable similarity to Sherlock Holmes, If I am not mistaken.
kjlast 58 months ago | reply
Well Holmes is a fictional character so that’s a hard one to call, but he does has a certain resemblance to the drawings in the Strand paper I agree.
Jack W Alexander 57 months ago | reply
Ha, I was just going to say the fellow on the R looks like Watson!
`` Gryana 56 months ago | reply
nice!
xenonchanger 52 months ago | reply
Looks if they are sitting on the side paddle covers of a paddle steamer.
mle.punk 48 months ago | reply
great format for this backdrop!
Don't Slip 47 months ago | reply
man when i look at this shit i cant imagine the world being in colour in 1890 klike all u see of it is in black and white like it seems so lifeless
johninbkk [deleted] 47 months ago | reply
euoangst B&W photography can be very atmospheric and sometimes conveys much more atmosphere than a colour pic. I like this pic but is it staged I think.
Conrado Maletá-Sarid [deleted] 44 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called THE CIRCLE OF WISDOM, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
addie65 44 months ago | reply
Johninbkk--why staged? too clear?
euan--
B&W photography - film and still, is far richer than colour, especially in the right hands.
Currently, colour photography is often more computer effect. than actual photography.
You have limited experience and/or are very young/ It is okay.
addie
toncmi 43 months ago | reply
I favorite photo gall this.
Zinaida Beaumont (lot of work at the office) 41 months ago | reply
Holmes and Watson, hehehe
das auge ! off [deleted] 41 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Wir haben`s schwarz auf weiss ONLY THE BEST IN B&W ART♥ ♥, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
maurizia mannucci [deleted] 34 months ago | reply
cool!
KAYAcreative [deleted] 32 months ago | reply
elegant
Gema Zavob [deleted] 25 months ago | reply
There's something magical with this one <3
BibliotecaMMB 17 months ago | reply
Very interesting!
MyLiliesMyLo 13 months ago | reply
Not to get you upset, and I have no idea if it was staged, but doing so, even in extreme conditions like sailing, hiking and other sports, was quite common in those days.
The concept of candids was unknown, since film speed was just not fast enough to capture human action. Why do you suppose there were so many photos of men, say, on a crew team, standing their with their sculls, yet not on the river? Or people standing triumphant on a mountain with skis, rather than schussing down it? It was an impossible shot!
So, staging photos as they had since its inception (often with a metal rod up the subject's back to prevent movement!) was seen as natural. No doubt, just the presence of people who belonged in a drawing room or men's club, out in the snow or on the high seas, was adventure enough to them!
That's my guess anyway. I wasn't there...wish I had been!