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  • Unidentified woman, C.M. Bell, between 1873 and ca. 1916.
  • Unidentified woman, C.M. Bell, between 1873 and ca. 1916.
  • Unidentified woman, C.M. Bell, between 1873 and ca. 1916.
  • Unidentified woman, C.M. Bell, between 1873 and ca. 1916.
  • Unidentified woman, C.M. Bell, between 1873 and ca. 1916.
  • Unidentified woman, C.M. Bell, between 1873 and ca. 1916.
  • Crucifix, Mathew B. Brady, between 1844 and 1860
  • George Washington, Gilbert Stuart Detroit Publishing Co., between 1900 and 1920
  • James Bruce Elgin, 8th Earl of Elgin, head-and-shoulders portrait, three-quarters to right. Mathew B. Brady, between 1844 and 1860
  • Giuseppe Garibaldi, head-and-shoulders portrait, slightly to the left, with full beard, Mathew B. Brady, between 1844 and 1860.

Footnote2: Frank van der Stok

Metamorphoses

– August 6, 2021

The most intriguing portraits are those worn away by the tooth of time, unintended by photographer and sitter alike. The eating away of the emulsion (or similar effects) has led to the most curious metamorphoses, whereby the extent of (literal and metaphorical) alienation has always been my starting point, and whereby the beauty of the image only gained in value.