Old photography

I occasionally take on requests to restore damaged family photos in Photoshop. Some of these photos have suffered heavy damage, and I enjoy that particular challenge. Most are precious in one way or another to the client, and many times it’s the only photo someone has of a beloved or lost relative.

Gambier Curtis Reeks (1864-1917) was the younger brother of my great-great-grandfather, Alfred Augustus Reeks. Their family owned a photography business in England. He married Rachel Woodnutt in 1895 and had three children: Frederick (1891), Elsie (1894), and Ida (1896).

Jean Dieuzaide: Albarracín, Spain, 1955

Minnie Ashley (1878-1946) - American Actress, Singer and Dancer. Circa 1892-1900.

Good old Leon and Levy where would I be without them. There is a Police Officer standing on the traffic island in the middle of the photograph, he is probably from POW. On the left is a hoarding surrounding the building site for what was then known as the New Government Offices and is now The Treasury; work was started in 1899 and completed in 1915 so I may be on the cusp here. Lovely bonnets Ladies.

Here are some hilarious photos from the past that will surely make you laugh or creep you out as well. This Beauty Contest..... This child with OCD

Moving the museum’s remarkable photography collection to London won’t reverse the slump in numbers. There’s a far simpler solution

Vintage

from r/pics on Imgur

Chris Wiley interviews the photographer Bruce Davidson on his work, including projects documenting the Freedom Riders, life in Harlem, and Brooklyn gangs, and whose career is the subject of an exhibition on view at Howard Greenberg Gallery, in Manhattan.