Nobody Smiles in Tintypes

“Exposure times are long by today’s standards, and many of her sitters have made use of a hidden metal posing stand, its cold extensions holding the head steady as the seconds tick interminably by, counted off by the photographer. These technical details matter. They help explain how these photographs come to look the way they do (why, for example, nobody smiles).”

Geoffrey Batchen on Keliy Anderson-Staley Tintype Photographs

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