Art Blart

April 2015

 

 

Anonymous photographer
Untitled
from a Japanese family photography album
c. 1920-1930s

 

 

After the blockbuster Tattoo posting, here is a rather more still, quiet posting. Another nine images rescued from the dustbin of history…

I bought an anonymous Japanese family photographic album from Daylesford in country Victoria recently for $25 (US$35). There were many images missing, but the thirty that were present are just stunning. I have been scanning them and gently digitally cleaning them since, and this is the second of three postings on the images. I love their immediacy, their vernacular language and intimate feel and the irregular shape and cut of the prints. Some of the photographs are very small in size.

The serenity, the beauty and the attention to the form of the hair is quite captivating. They have me entranced. Just delightful.

Dr Marcus Bunyan

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All photographs have been digitally restored. Please click on the photographs for a larger version of the image.

 

 

 

Anonymous photographer
Untitled
from a Japanese family photography album
c. 1920-1930s

 

 

Anonymous photographer
Untitled
from a Japanese family photography album
c. 1920-1930s

 

 

Anonymous photographer
Untitled (detail)
from a Japanese family photography album
c. 1920-1930s

 

 

Anonymous photographer
Untitled
from a Japanese family photography album
c. 1920-1930s

 

 

Anonymous photographer
Untitled (detail)
from a Japanese family photography album
c. 1920-1930s

 

 

Anonymous photographer
Untitled
from a Japanese family photography album
c. 1920-1930s

 

 

Anonymous photographer
Untitled
from a Japanese family photography album
c. 1920-1930s

 

 

Anonymous photographer
Untitled (detail)
from a Japanese family photography album
c. 1920-1930s

 

 

Anonymous photographer
Untitled [Four women in traditional Japanese dress]
from a Japanese family photography album
c. 1920-1930s

 

 

Anonymous photographer
Untitled
from a Japanese family photography album
c. 1920-1930s

 

 

Anonymous photographer
Untitled (detail)
from a Japanese family photography album
c. 1920-1930s

 

 

Anonymous photographer
Untitled
from a Japanese family photography album
c. 1920-1930s

 

 

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