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Man in a striped t-shirt using a camera

Photograph
ca.1905-1950 (photographed)

Black and white photograph taken through a doorframe of a man wearing a striped t-shirt, striped belt and light coloured trousers, standing in an archway and using a camera. His stance is wider than shoulder-width and the door through which the picture is taken is visible to the left hand side.

Object details

Categories
Photographs
Portraits
Object type
Photograph
Titles
  • Man in a striped t-shirt using a camera (generic title)
  • Vernacular photograph (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Gelatin silver print
Photographic Paper
Gelatin Silver Process
Photography
Brief description
Vernacular photograph of a man wearing a striped t-shirt using a camera, 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.
Physical description
Black and white photograph taken through a doorframe of a man wearing a striped t-shirt, striped belt and light coloured trousers, standing in an archway and using a camera. His stance is wider than shoulder-width and the door through which the picture is taken is visible to the left hand side.
Dimensions
  • Image width: 54mm
  • Sheet width: 63mm
  • Image height: 80mm
  • Sheet height: 89mm
Styles
Art Photography
20th Century First/Second Quarter
Gallery label
(23/7/2016-5/3/2017)
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
Credit line
Lent by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Peter Cohen
Object history
From the collection of Peter Cohen. Given as part of a group of 50 photographs featuring cameras.
Subject depicted
Camera
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
LOAN:AMERICANFRIENDS.710:2-2015

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Record createdJanuary 4, 2016
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1326658/man-in-a-striped-t-photograph/
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