My partner at the Mayflower could not make it to last week's meeting, so instead she left me a couple of old photographs (mainly portraits). Some were in the form of postcards, where the picture of a family member was on the front and a note could be written on the back. This collection of old photographs seemed like a rare treasure that I was able to view. I found a collection of Victorian and Edwardian portraits (http://www.rogerco.freeserve.co.uk/ ) and started scrolling through them. I like this photo of the school children because of their realistic faces. They are upset that they had to stay sitting for such a long time for the photograph to develop.
These old fashioned photographs reminded me of a modern artist that I had recently discovered(http://www.travislouie.com/ ). Travis Louie uses the Victorian portrait model but then replaces the normal subjects with various monsters. It is quite enjoyable.
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