Me as a little tyke with my favourite book. Apparently I made my mother read it to me over and over and over, until the binding finally fell apart and she finally, mercifully, was able to "lose" it permanently. I remember the cover was orange. And I remember the title, almost visible here: Noah's Ark. Of course! All the animals!
Photo by Irene Page, scanned from the original negative, winter 1951. Cheap little plastic camera. After scanning - I had found the negative in an old faded envelope in a drawer - I had to do the usual dust and scratch clean up, then converted the grayscale file to RGB and added a faint blue wash to give it a cool tone.
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The pants were green, black, and yellow - Black Watch tartan. I can't remember why I didn't want my photo taken that day. My mom persisted, and when she couldn't get me to smile, she caught me as I was. Years later I told her what a great photo I think this is, and what a talented family snapshot artist she had been. She replied that she didn't know about that, but, "I always thought a photo should mean something." Exactly. So here it is, photo from Irene Page, 1952. All those years ago.
Scanned from a copy slide of an old bw print made by machine from a crappy negative shot with a little plastic Kodak Brownie camera.
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Inspired by Ethan, who said he can't wait to see what's breathing tomorrow (glib answer: me), and who posted an old photo of himself with his brother. This is me on the right, with my brother David on the left (he's still breathing, too). Taken by a neighbour who was an avid amateur photographer.
David no longer wears frilly collars, but I can still be found in grubby t-shirts. Note, too, his direct confrontation with the camera, while I gaze at some distant object, perhaps one of our parents reassuring me that it won't hurt. I was already five and a half and had not yet discovered my life's purpose - to be behind the camera.
Photographed in Bois-des-Filion, Québec, sometime in 1953. Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission.
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Camera: Kodak Brownie Starflex ($14)
Lens: plastic, I think
Lighting: No. 2 flash bulb, on camera
Film: Kodak Verichrome Pan, ISO 125
Format: 127 roll film, square
Processing: drug store
Childhood: gone
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