"Handbook of the Practice and Art of Photogrphy" by Vogel, 1875
OK I must admit I have a touch of OCD when it comes to some photographic subjects. On one of my facebook groups, "Appreciation of Post-mortem Photography" we have been on a mission to counter the growing "standing post-mortem" fraudsters. While there may be a very few documented examples of "sort of standing" dead people, the internet, eBay, and Etsy are now overrun with perfectly ordinary 19th century portraits that are described as "standing post-mortem". Why? Because there is the base of a posing stand behind them. They are convinced that the only reason would be to hold up the dead! NO! I went to my shelf of 19th century photography manuals and the first one I pulled out was the Vogel "Handbook of the Practice and Art of Photography", 1875. The marked passages should lay this to rest but I have faith in the ability of these people to ignore the obvious.
"Handbook of the Practice and Art of Photogrphy" by Vogel, 1875
OK I must admit I have a touch of OCD when it comes to some photographic subjects. On one of my facebook groups, "Appreciation of Post-mortem Photography" we have been on a mission to counter the growing "standing post-mortem" fraudsters. While there may be a very few documented examples of "sort of standing" dead people, the internet, eBay, and Etsy are now overrun with perfectly ordinary 19th century portraits that are described as "standing post-mortem". Why? Because there is the base of a posing stand behind them. They are convinced that the only reason would be to hold up the dead! NO! I went to my shelf of 19th century photography manuals and the first one I pulled out was the Vogel "Handbook of the Practice and Art of Photography", 1875. The marked passages should lay this to rest but I have faith in the ability of these people to ignore the obvious.