The girl in the top right hand position looks like she is going to take a vampire bite out the front girl’s neck. Then she realises she is being “watched”, changes her mind and puts on her best innocent expression.
This undated strip came from the USA and has 1970s written all over the hairstyles!
I submitted a photo to the strangely interesting blog Toemail. Here it is.
Some older photobooths produced a strip of photos in a horizontal, rather than vertical format. It is rare to find a complete strip like this.
The writing on the back says Lots of Love to my Daddy, Patsy and These pictures were taken of Pat just as she is. We were shopping and had no way of dressing up for the picture. At least that is what I think it says.
In the third picture there is a ghostly “mummy” hand pointing the direction in which she wants Patsy to look. Given she is barely more than a baby, Patsy did very well with her posing.
The strip came from the United States and as you can see is undated. Please click on either image to see a larger version.
I didn’t have a post scheduled for today but when this gem arrived in the mail yesterday I couldn’t wait
to share it.
When I first saw the picture, in a poor scan on Ebay, I assumed the subject was a man. On closer inspection, I have considered the possibility that this is a woman in drag.
The somewhat theatrical mien of the sitter, the subject’s effeminacy, soft features and no signs of facial growth are a start towards this assumption. Additionally the combination of top hat, pipe, glasses and a business suit seem to me to be caricature features of a male of this period, which I estimate to be the 1930s, rather than an ensemble worn at the time.
If it were a man dressed for a night out on the town wouldn’t he be in formal wear? I never saw Fred Astaire or anyone else for that matter, in a top hat without white tie and tails. There is also something about the top hat that suggests to me that it is nothing more than a costumers prop. The brim seems too narrow and thin and the silky sheen of most top hats is missing.
It could of course be a very young man dressed for a play or a fancy dress party.
Anyone else have an opinion? Please let me know by leaving a comment.
Approximate original size relative to the larger scan.
21 November 1997, Luna Park, Melbourne
Rather than not include the many photos I have with people with whom I am no longer in touch and who I feel may be sensitive, I have decided to pixelate some faces. I wish to stay true to making this blog a document of the complete series by including all the photos, but without causing any offence.
For those of you who are new here, I took my first photobooth photo in 1973 at the age of 11 and have been continuing the series, on and off, since then. Read more about this project here, or click on the link above, Photobooth 41 Year Project.
Great faces on these two, eh? They must have been great friends to squeeze into a booth together. I wonder if they made the strip for their wives whilst on a trip to the city? They certainly look like country blokes.
This photo comes from the USA and is undated.
6 November 1997, Melbourne
I am never sure whether to count this type of booth photo as part of my chronological series as it isn’t of the same aesthetic and detail of the photos from the wonderful chemical booths. However as the old-time booths are more and more rare, and digital booths are easier to get access to, I decided to add this to the group as an early example of where booth photos were heading at this time.
This strip is part of the series Photobooth 41 Year Project. You can see all the posts that document the series by clicking here.
I recently wrote a post about a party for my friend Marie-Louise, that I was excited to be going to. One of my readers recognised her as an actor, so I have decided to show you this more recent, professional photo. It comes from her profile at the agency that represents her.
Her full name is Marie-Louise Walker and her IMDb page is here.
Still stunning Mar-Lou!
This is the original photobooth photo of my fabulously gorgeous friend, that I posted on 7 December. It was taken in a Melbourne photobooth in 1996.
I was thrilled to find that my blog has been mentioned at another online magazine, Lomography.com. The post was written by soundfoodaround.
To read the full article and see some of the photos they chose from Photobooth Journal, please click here.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone. Thanks for all your support and great comments over the past twelve months.
I hope you are all looking forward to the holiday season as much as I am! See you all in 2013.
Photobooth Journal 