As Found, Eerie Antique Tintype Portrait of Girl Seated at Table lacquer box with dog born in 1882 in Canada

born in 1882 in Canada

with the house feeling as much of a protagonist in its own story as any human might be

thus yielding wonderfully inky pools of saturated color around its shoulders and neck

with that wonderful blue jacket

As Found, Eerie Antique Tintype Portrait of Girl Seated at Table lacquer box with dog born in 1882 in CanadaI've always got an eye out for old photographs made more interesting and evocative via the effects of time and think this tintype is definitely one of those. It makes me think a bit of little miss muffet sitting on her tuffet and then the spider coming along to cast her in its web, and also of a reflection captured in a shattered mirror. One of the things I like about this sort of photographic deterioration is that feels as if having emerged from