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[Erwin E. Smith, full-length portrait, facing right, on horseback] – Vintage Photo Print

[Erwin E. Smith, full-length portrait, facing right, on horseback], c1908 December 7. — historic photograph
[Erwin E. Smith, full-length portrait, facing right, on horseback], c1908 December 7.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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Here the photographer himself is the subject: Erwin E. Smith sits on horseback, facing right, in a full-length portrait that his own caption describes as "sitting easy in saddle." Smith, who worked from Bonham, Texas, registered the image for copyright in 1908, the same period when he was building a body of work on cowboys and ranch life. Photographing himself in the saddle, he presents the working horseman he was documenting and blurs the line between the photographer and his subject. Smith later became known for his images of Texas ranch country and for his film work, and this portrait shows the early stage of that career.

Created / publishedc1908 December 7.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesH119353 U.S. Copyright Office. Title devised by Library staff. No. 9. Copyright 1908 by Erwin E. Smith. Amon Carter caption: Erwin E. Smith sitting easy in saddle, 1908. Copyright deposit; Erwin E. Smith, Bonham, Texas; 1908-1910; (PR 06 CN 1054).
SubjectsSmith, Erwin E. (Erwin Evans),--1886-1947. Cowboys--Texas--1900-1910. Photographers--Texas--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,174 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-115067

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