[Man in high-collared jacket, profile] / FHD 1905. – Vintage Print
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(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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[Man in high-collared jacket, profile] / FHD 1905. 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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[Man in high-collared jacket, profile] / FHD 1905.
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Few details of this portrait survive beyond its record, but its title, "Luke 1," names the sitter, Luke Lowdog, and the print is signed with a red monogram and dated 1905. Its profile view and high-collared jacket follow the conventions of studio portraiture of the period, when photographers often posed Native American sitters for commercial series that circulated widely. The print is a platinum print, a process prized for its soft, deep tonal range and used by serious photographers until rising metal costs pushed it out of common use around the First World War. Viewers today should weigh such images carefully, since they record both a individual's likeness and the expectations of the photographers and audiences who made and bought them.
| Created / published | 1905 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : platinum. |
| Notes | Published title: Luke 1. Image conent features: Model: Luke Lowdog; PEOPLE: men; NATIONALITY: Indians of North America. Monogram on recto: FHD 1905" red |
| Subjects | Lowdog, Luke. Indians of North America--Men--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,747 × 4,653 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221623 |
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