The more I delve into this crazy hobby of mine, collecting old photos, I have come to realize more and more that despite all of our differences we all have so many of the same basic interests; home, family, love, travel, fun, humor, grief and despair to name a few. Since man has been able to transfer these emotions and memories to some sort of medium, he (or she) has done so in many possible ways. I myself, have dabbled in a few; scrapbooking quilting, collage, and while I have no drawing or painting talent I have for many years been the family photographer and historian. This week's Sepia Saturday theme centers around this very subject and so I chose a few snapshots from a large box of photos that I purchased some time ago. They appear to have been from the same family from Michigan and Oklahoma and the owner may have been Beulah Miller who appears at different ages in many of the photos. I decided to get a little creative this week and created a collage using some of her family photos.
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The collage is such a good idea. I like how the boy is standing on a rock just below the graduate also standing on a rock - obviously the same house. It's as if the family treated those rocks as a pedestal for the honoree.
ReplyDeleteSome of those photos look like they would be interesting to see in a larger size--especially the one that appears to be a soldier seated next to a man reading.
ReplyDeleteYes, once you start looking, photographers are everywhere, snapping away and being caught on film too. I think I see a pair of binoculars in toine of those snapshots too.
ReplyDeleteThis is just perfect, what a great idea. My vote of favorite goes to the kissing little gent! What an adorable kiss!
ReplyDeleteA wonderfully melodic hymn in praise of photography and the photographer. The collage is marvellous.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you'll be sharing these photos with us again, individually, in the future, but for now I really like the collage you have created
ReplyDeleteI have a theory that family photographers chose a favorite location inside or outside the house for ALL their posed portraits. That is certainly the way in my family. There was always a choice spot to commemorate all the important events, and give a kind of measurement scale to see the children grow.
ReplyDeleteI want to see the photo with the dog on its own. And just a thought but I don't have a camera phone!
ReplyDeleteI love your collage. A what a great bunch of photos. I particularly like the kissing photo in the lower right corner. Perfect.
ReplyDeleteNancy
Your collage proves the point that photography has a 'life'beyond the moment.Something creative happens as we respond to an image.& we compare & contrast a series.A lovely post Teresa.
ReplyDeleteTwo cameras, a pair of binocular, a stereo pickup and a dog
ReplyDeleteand plenty of hats to go around.
Nice collection!!
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HUGZ