These are some of my grandfathers brothers and sisters taken around 1900. What is interesting about this shot is - that it is called a 'hidden mother' shot. Why...because if you look at the little girl in the center - my great-grandmother is actually holding the youngster while being hidden underneath that tablecloth looking thing.
See what I mean...by the way you can see her keeping the child in place. I love 'hidden mother' shots because there are many different ways photographers tried to hide the mothers.
Why wouldn't they want the mother in the picture?
ReplyDeleteWhy wouldn't they want the mother in the picture?
ReplyDeleteI don't know for sure if cost had to do with it or not. My guess is that parents just wanted shots of their kids.
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I remember hearing once that the cost of photographs was dependent on the number of faces along with other factors.
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