Sleeping Beauty silas-finch regardless of where it leads

regardless of where it leads

These photographs were often taken between assignments

while it was happening

where nature is domesticated

Sleeping Beauty silas-finch regardless of where it leadsPhotography was quickly adapted to the social rituals and customs of nineteenth century America, and among these institutions was the memorial portrait. until the advent of photography, this portrait was a painting and was primarily an upper class phenomenon. With the widespread use of the camera, nearly everyone could afford a post mortem portrait, and for the next half century these portraits were a mainstay of American's commercial photographers.