antique photographs

1880s Antique Family Portrait

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1880s Antique Family Portrait by Herbruger hijo from Fotografía Central

Let’s revive the Antique Photographs category with this family portrait. As you can see as you browse the other antique photographs, there was an aesthetic, basically dictated by the limitations of the medium at the time. For example, noticed the pillar and/or chair on most antique photos, a requirement for the long exposures. This photograph … Read more

Meet Photographer Juan José de Jesús Yas

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Portrait of Photographer Juan José de Jesús Yas

Japanese-born photographer Juan José de Jesús Yas (1844-1917), was one of the most renowned photographers of the late 1800, early 1900. Below is a brief description of the life and importance of Juan J.J. Yas found at Fotofest’s Faces of History in Latin America: In colonial Latin America and for most of the nineteenth and … Read more