http://boingboing.net/2012/12/06/headless-photographs-of-the-19.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 08:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2012/12/06/headless-photographs-of-the-19.html#comment-1601223 David Pescovitz Fri, 07 Dec 2012 19:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198923#comment-1601223 Ha! Thanks. Appreciate the comment. Ha! Thanks. Appreciate the comment.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/06/headless-photographs-of-the-19.html#comment-1601082 GregS Fri, 07 Dec 2012 18:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198923#comment-1601082 Wait, those photos are fakes? And all this time I've been thinking that people in the 19th century had removable heads. Wait, those photos are fakes? And all this time I’ve been thinking that people in the 19th century had removable heads.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/06/headless-photographs-of-the-19.html#comment-1600541 Boundegar Thu, 06 Dec 2012 23:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198923#comment-1600541 Fake!  Fake!  I call photoshop!!! Fake!  Fake!  I call photoshop!!!

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/06/headless-photographs-of-the-19.html#comment-1600425 katkins Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198923#comment-1600425 David, still thinking sadly of your family's loss (and ours, here in Indiana)...  but hopefully you will admit that your captioning of the last photo is...  funny.  :) David, still thinking sadly of your family’s loss (and ours, here in Indiana)…  but hopefully you will admit that your captioning of the last photo is…  funny.  :)

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/06/headless-photographs-of-the-19.html#comment-1600421 seyo Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198923#comment-1600421 There's a great show at the Met (in NYC) about photo manipulation before the era of digital photography and Photoshop. Definitely worth checking out. There’s a great show at the Met (in NYC) about photo manipulation before the era of digital photography and Photoshop. Definitely worth checking out.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/12/06/headless-photographs-of-the-19.html#comment-1600384 Thorzdad Thu, 06 Dec 2012 21:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=198923#comment-1600384 Photographic tricks like these were one of the ways early photographers would show-off their expertise in the still-new medium. There's a lot of in-camera and darkroom trickery involved in these early images. It took a real craftsperson to pull it off convincingly (to Victorian eyes). Photographic tricks like these were one of the ways early photographers would show-off their expertise in the still-new medium. There’s a lot of in-camera and darkroom trickery involved in these early images. It took a real craftsperson to pull it off convincingly (to Victorian eyes).

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