Untitled
1889
A small circular albumen-silver snapshot made with a Kodak No. 1 in 1889, intended to record a quick traveler's view of a roadside—road, lone tree, and distant mountain—likely taken from a carriage.
The round vignette draws you into a dusty track heading to a hazy mountain, punctuated by a bare tree and a solitary post, while the cropped shoulder and hat of a nearby passenger at the right lend the scene a sense of movement and intimacy.
This tiny Kodak print exemplifies the late-19th-century shift to portable cameras and the snapshot aesthetic, which democratized photography and made personal, everyday views a new subject for images.
Medium
Albumen silver print (Kodak No. 1)
Dimensions
2 1/2" (6.3 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of Peter J. Cohen
Accession
670.2019.8
Palette
Exhibitions
