Their reasons must have been very important to them. It would have been extremely uncomfortable for mother under that thick blanket in the heat and stale air, wrangling a wriggling child for the duration of those long exposures.
I think these are a wonderfully anachronistic and quaint series of photos. Cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: "Daniel J. Matyola" <[email protected]> Sent: May 6, 2012 5/6/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: OT: The invisible Mother I think that the idea was that it would look strange, or look like the kid was uncontrollable, if you could see that the mother had to hold the child in a vise-like grip. They wanted the child to look like a little angel, whether he or she was or not. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 10:50 PM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > Dan, > If the mother is under a blanket holding the kid, or > out in the open holding the kid - What's the difference??? > Regards, Bob S. > > On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 6:00 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> > wrote: >> That would not keep the kid from moving or squirming. The exposures >> were long, and most children were not comfortable with strangers. So, >> if the mother was in the image, she would have to been restraining the >> child, which would not make a very pleasing portrait. >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> >> On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Bill, >>> Seems to me the lame part is not simply including the mother. >>> Our family photos include mom with the kids. >>> Regards, Bob S. >>> >>> On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 3:44 PM, William Robb >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On 06/05/2012 2:12 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I guess, but kind of a lame idea... >>>> >>>> >>>> When exposure were measured in tens of minutes, photographers had to do >>>> whatever they could to ensure kids kept still. For adults there were all >>>> sorts of contraptions (head clamps and the like) to keep subjects from >>>> moving for the requited time. >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 9:21 AM, Daniel J. Matyola<[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> A fascinating technique in portrait photography: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.retronaut.co/2011/10/the-invisible-mother/ >>>>>> >>>>>> Dan Matyola >>>>>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>>>> follow the directions. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> William Robb >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
