The Going – Historic Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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The Going comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The Going
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The Going" is a title that points to departure, a moment of parting rather than arrival, and this print is catalogued under the name of Anna Louise Shafer. Its place in the Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs Division and its grouping under the "Love" theme suggest that the image was valued for its emotional content as much as its subject. Photographs with sentimental, narrative titles like this one were common in the Pictorialist movement of the late 1800s and early 1900s, when photographers often used soft focus, careful composition, and evocative names to present photography as an art. Looking closely at the tonal range and arrangement of the scene shows how the maker aimed to convey feeling through light and form.
| Medium | photographic print |
|---|---|
| Notes | Anna Louise Shafer |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,801 × 3,353 px · prints to 9 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-183834 |
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