Young Woman in Green and Black, c. 1950s Photo Statuette strikers and terrifically intimate

and terrifically intimate

great rich color

against a soft

and this is a bit of an unusual one

The name comes from   Platt Rogers Spencer (1800–1864)

Young Woman in Green and Black, c. 1950s Photo Statuette strikers and terrifically intimateFrom the same Rockport, MA collection as the painted tintype I just listed (and the other photos I've listed today too), a smiling photo statuette of a pretty young woman, c. 1950s I believe. I find the effect of transforming a photograph into a statuette such a curious thing like a doll, to be moved around, ready to be dropped into different scenarios which in this case seems precisely right, as one imagines this young woman's future had yet to be