Friday, March 7, 2014

Two Sisters and a Brother(possibility #1) or Two Sisters and One of their Husbands(possibility #2)


I found this photograph on the same day and in the same location as the previous post.  I don't know the nature of the relationship in the photo, but there are a couple possibilities of which I will explore the innocuous ones.  A. They are the siblings of one family:  two sisters and one brother with a very bushy beard and an aversion to mustaches.  His mustache aversion is either due to his religious, political beliefs, or his eccentric personality(I prefer this one).  Or B. A husband to one of the woman, probably the one on his left because he seems to be more comfortable with her, and her sister.

What strikes me as interesting in this portrait are the participants hands.  Maybe they are indicative of their personalities.  The woman on the left with her rigid pose and straight fingers.  The woman on the right with her polite, reserved, hidden fingers.  The man with two different hands for each woman.        

Saturday, March 1, 2014

Portrait bought in Cartersville, GA in 2010 for $2


I don't know this guy obviously because if I did he wouldn't fall under the category of anonymous.  I bought this photograph in 2009 or 2010 after walking around an antique shop that was about to go out of business.  A group of these photographs was on sale at a reduced price.  I looked at this guy and he didn't look happy about it.  He still doesn't look happy about it.  Looks like a cold day in Chicago.  It's hard to look him in the eyes without feeling like I did something wrong.