THE CORRECT WAY TO HOLD CHOPSTICKS -- An Original Stereo Proof-Print in the CMP

The original stereoview proof-prints and mock-ups on this CMP Flickr Set are posted with the kind permission of Leigh Gleason, Curator of Collections at the CALIFORNIA MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY located in Riverside, California.

 

PLEASE NOTE : This is NOT how the CMP supplies copies of the images to end users. This is an informal snapshot of the actual item as it sits on a table, still in its protective, archival, transparent, polyester sleeve.

 

The purpose of this post is to give you a feel of the initial "discovery stage" --- the moment when you pull the proof print out of the Museum's storage box, and hold it in your hands thinking (or saying under your breath), "wow, this is so cool !!!"

 

If you then wanted to use your "newly discovered" old image for a book illustration, a poster, in a movie or documentary, for an exhibition, or any other number of private or commercial venues, the CMP would provide you with professional scans, digital files, or prints, according to your needs.

 

I would like to thank Ms. Gleason for allowing me to post this often un-seen "moment of discovery" in the CMP.

 

♥ www.cmp.ucr.edu/Page/california-museum-of-photography

 

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In most cases, images from the CMP are usually seen only in their end form --- enlarged, color-corrected, touched up, restored, and beautifully presented on the pages of books, in film, large posters, wall calendars, postcards, images attached to retail products, and gallery exhibitions.

 

However, in this case, you are getting a rare look at the rough, raw images as they appear "out of the box" during the long hours spent by publishers, film-makers, and product designers looking for that "perfect" image to embellish their book or product.

 

This is just a representative fraction of what you will see as you "discover" many new and amazing images from over a century ago.

 

Over a quarter-of-a-million glass negatives await the adventuresome researcher, and it is not uncommon to see endless images that were published only once (over a century ago), or never published at all.

 

While I usually post old photographs that I actually own, this CMP set is an exceptional departure from that, with the hope that more people become aware of this amazing source of old and important images from all over the world.

 

The fact that this vast archive consists mostly of large, 3-D negatives means that both 2-D and 3-D images can be made for any commercial or private projects.

 

TODAY, I'm posting a group of "MUG SHOTS" depicting a few Maiko and Geisha from over 100 years ago.

 

These, plain, raw images by British stereo-photographer Herbert G. Ponting are just a sample of thousands he took in Japan and Asia between 1901 and 1906.

 

My mock-ups using the images are just to show how the raw images can be quickly adapted.

 

If you ever make it to the CMP, have fun and be amazed while discovering image after image from almost every country of the world...a century ago !

 

♥ CMP www.cmp.ucr.edu/Page/california-museum-of-photography

 

♥ See more of PONTING'S ASIAN IMAGES in the Set dedicated to him HERE : www.flickr.com/photos/okinawa-soba/sets/72157629568812867/

 

[Herbert G. Ponting H.G. Geisha Maiko Stereoview Japan]

 

CREDIT : Keystone-Mast Collection, UCR/California Museum of Photography, University of California at Riverside.

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