- Vernacular photograph
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Vernacular photograph
- Object:
Photograph
- Date:
ca.1905-1950 (photographed)
- Credit Line:
Lent by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Peter Cohen
- Museum number:
LOAN:AMERICANFRIENDS.710:42-2015
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case MB2H, shelf DR11, box PHOTO
Date
ca.1905-1950 (photographed)
Dimensions
Width: 59 mm image, Width: 67 mm paper, Width: 94 mm mount, Height: 102 mm image, Height: 111 mm paper, Height: 139 mm mount
Object history note
From the collection of Peter Cohen. Given as part of a group of 50 photographs featuring cameras.
Descriptive line
Vernacular photograph, photographer unknown, c.1905-50. Gelatin silver print, from the collection of Peter Cohen, given as part of a group of 50 photographs featuring cameras.
Labels and date
Unknown Photographers
American and European vernacular
photographs
About 1910–60
As this selection of snapshots demonstrates, the
camera has proved to be an irresistible subject
for generations of amateur photographers. These
photographs of people holding cameras or in the
act of taking photographs attest to the broad
social appeal of the camera for much of the 20th
century.
Gelatin silver prints and C-type prints
Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity
of Peter Cohen
Museum nos. LOAN:AMERICANFRIENDS.710:1 to 50-2015 [23/7/2016-5/3/2017]
Materials
Photographic paper
Techniques
Photography
Subjects depicted
Camera
Categories
Photographs; Portraits
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
