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Photograph--New York – Antique Photo Print

Photograph--New York, 1917 — historic photograph
Photograph--New York, 1917. Historic photograph from the New York City 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Photograph--New York. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Unlike the street views and skylines elsewhere on this board, this photogravure is a portrait of a woman, and its record places it on page 9 of the June 1917 issue of *Camera Work*, the journal edited by Alfred Stieglitz. That double issue, numbered 49 and 50, was among the last the magazine published before it ended in 1917. Photogravure, an intaglio process printed from copper plates, was prized by Stieglitz and his circle for its soft, rich tonal range, so the shading and texture reward a close look.

Created / published1917
Medium1 photomechanical print : photogravure.
GenrePortraits 1910-1920.Periodical illustrations 1910-1920.Photogravures 1910-1920.
NotesIllus. in: Camera work, v. 49/50 (June 1917), p. 9.
SubjectsWomen--New York (State)--1910-1920. Obesity--1910-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,263 × 4,096 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-177110

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