The only photos on this 1940s American album page that have any information on them, give confilicting details about Read More
Tina’s Life Was Flying Away
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Eleanor’s Memory Book
Below are scans of a tiny photo album of booth photos owned by a woman named Eleanor. Read More
“Doggone” Leland 1930
Another youth in a cool gangster style hat, with a remarkable sense of confidence and style. I adore his Read More
Wings For a Nine Year Old
These two hand-coloured, larger size (64 x 77 mm) photobooth photos of a boy wearing an airforce Read More
Their Own Starring Roles
When previewing this post on my predominantly monochrome blog, the lurid orange of these gems came as a bit of a visual shock to the system. However, the colour is true to the originals which are in perfect condition.
Presumably a husband and wife (both photos came from the same estate), these are lenticular photos. My one other example of this rare type of photobooth item can be seen in this earlier post.
These 1940 World’s Fair Movie-Of-U souvenirs are made up of three exposures taken in succession on the same frame. The frame is placed under a lined sheet of acetate and when tilted appears to show movement. In the flat position needed to make a scan of these images, it is not possible to capture the images separately.
When in action, the movement is fluid and really looks like a mini-movie. In some ways they could be seen as a primitive version of the Graphics Interchange Format (GIFs) I used in earlier posts this month.
Oops, I’ve Dropped Something
Unidentified lady in 1950s photobooth strip from Germany. It was listed as Stripe of Young Woman, which is appropriate given the visual effect of the backdrop curtain.
Beekman Place, New York
I bought this strip of photos from Ebay (of course!) but this one is sentimentally special because it was posted to me at my address in New York City, when I had an apartment there on Beekman Place. For two whole months I was a resident of that great city, with my own place, a gym membership, a favourite local diner and a cool local friend called Kelly.
These two are having a good laugh in what appears to be a relatively recent photobooth strip. I can only imagine how this ended up being sold online so soon after its creation. Was it one of those not-quite-perfect sets that ended up discarded on the ground, prey to someone like me, who loves a found photo?
Friendship In A Photobooth – The Movie : Second Attempt
When I published this animation the other day, the movie was
static until clicked. That opened a link to another page where the gif played and the image was very large. Apparently the size of the original files was the issue.
Thanks to Lemuel from the blog History Geek for telling me why it wouldn’t play automatically and for telling me how to fix the problem. If you are reading this blog you will likely find a lot to interest you at History Geek, so check it out here.
Lost At E Minor – Photobooth Journal Article by Livia Satriano
Livia Satriano published author and writer of the vintage photo blog Assez-Vu, has been kind enough to pen a piece about the film project I did with Dick Jewell, for the online magazine Lost at E Minor.
Her mentioning the film Amélie, reminds me of a post I have been meaning to write about a series of peculiar photos I found discarded near Melbourne photobooths in the early nineties. More of that soon, I hope. In the meantime please click here to read her article.
The publishers of Lost At E Minor describe it as “an online publication of inspiring art, design, music, photography and pop culture: low brow sensibilities mashed with high brow movements. The site was founded in 2005 by brothers Zolton and Zac Zavos, who are also behind the Australian sports opinion website, The Roar. The site is compiled by a worldwide team of writers.”
Livia is an Italian media graduate based in Milan. She works as a freelance writer and researcher, mainly writing about music, art and culture. Here are more of her articles at Wunder Buzz.
Livia Satriano‘s blog is well worth checking out, too. She says Assez Vu is “a collection of visual memories: all things odd and beautiful from the past. Sometimes remembered, more often forgotten. Surely worthy to be seen.”
Friendship In A Photobooth – The Movie
When I published this strip of photos the other day, the response was very positive. More than one comment suggested the photos would look good as a mini-movie, aka a gif animation. I don’t have the software to do it myself, so I used a free gif-maker web page. I like the result but more experiments with other, longer series of photos might give me more of that mini-movie look I’ve seen elsewhere.
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