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Miss Lampton
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Title: Lampton, Miss Photobomb came across this B&W image while browsing The Library of Congress think you could call this one of the earlier Photobombs. As it is a glas negative tryed to figure out how it happened but when looking at the process don't think you can expose a wet plate twice well as for me its a mystery. I claim no rights to this image other than I colorized it. Title Lampton, Miss Contributor Names C.M. Bell (Firm : Washington, D.C.), photographer Created / Published [between March 1905 and August 1906] Format Headings Glass negatives. Portrait photographs. Genre Portrait photographs Glass negatives Notes - Title is unverified name of sitter or person who ordered the photograph, from handwritten label on negative sleeve or negative. - Date from photographer's logbook. - Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. - General information about the C.M. Bell Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.bellcm - Temp note: Batch 43. Medium 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. Call Number/Physical Location LC-B5- 55938 [P&P] Source Collection C.M. Bell Studio Collection (Library of Congress) Repository Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Digital Id bellcm 20955 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/bellcm.20955 Library of Congress Control Number 2016708394 Reproduction Number LC-DIG-bellcm-20955 (digital file from original) Rights Advisory No known restrictions on publication. Online Format image LCCN Permalink lccn.loc.gov/2016708394 Additional Metadata Formats MARCXML Record MODS Record Dublin Core Record

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::casechaser
07/28/17 12:19 AM GMT
Rob, you are so good at this. Tell, me, for I have no idea how you do it, how do you know the colors of the clothing and other objects? Do you pick the colors or are they embedded some way in the negative?
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::Nikoneer
07/28/17 6:40 PM GMT
It is a puzzler Rob. Since there is a shadow on the woman's side that corresponds to the shape and position of the child's head, I'm guessing she's supposed to be there. That "wrinkled" shape above the child's nose would correspond to her head if she was wearing a similar high style of hairdo as the woman, which I would assume she is. The line bisecting the woman's torso and the child's head may be a crack; glass plates were sometimes stacked and their accumulated weight could cause a crack, an unfortunate practice still perpetrated today by archives "specialists." I wonder if something wasn't accidentally applied to the glass before exposure? Then again, there is an odd thin gray area between the woman's body and the child's body and neck wrap... and the fact that we can see the woman's shoulder through the child's head... my guess is that this was a crude attempt at splicing two images and, since it wasn't recorded as such, the plate passed into a collection improperly identified and then classified as "unknown" historic. As for the image, excellent colorization as always, the woman is quite stunning. The child? A little scary. :oE

-Nik
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::tigger3
07/28/17 11:08 PM GMT
I find it very interesting with the double exposure look. John asked a good question about the use of the color in this process, do you just pick and choose what color to use? Rob, this is excellent! tigs=^..^=
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::questjester
07/29/17 4:56 AM GMT
Rob, this is my favorite so far. Your colorization of Miss Lampton is outstanding! It's like you breathed life into her. The change, especially in the eyes, is remarkable. Just remarkable!

The seated young woman, however, looks like a preview for the next Paranormal Activity movie. But even then, you colorized where you could.

Bravo!
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::corngrowth
07/29/17 11:35 AM GMT
'Rob, the double exposure look has intrigued me too. I appreciate the well documented comment of 'Nik', helpful to resolve the 'puzzle'. The curiosity of the other commenter's about the colorization process made me smile.
I like to give you the advice (in Dutch): "Vertel niet het geheim van de smit." (☺) , in order to keep the tension high.
Perfectly done per usual however, my friend!
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.icedancer
07/31/17 7:54 PM GMT
Really a unique work - what ever happened to the top part of the kids head or are my deceiving me
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