A Kodak circular snapshot photograph of a beach photographer with his portable darkroom, taken by an unknown photographer, c. 1890. For many years beach photographers were a common sight at the seaside. They took cheap, often technically poor, 'while-you-wait' portraits as souvenirs.
A Kodak circular snapshot photograph of a beach photographer with his portable darkroom, taken by an unknown photographer, c. 1890.
For many years beach photographers were a common sight at the seaside. They took cheap, often technically poor, 'while-you-wait' portraits as souvenirs.
The photograph was taken with the Kodak camera - a simple, leather-covered wooden box designed for amateur use, which produced circular snapshots two and a half inches in diameter. The camera was sold pre-loaded with film, when the whole film had been exposed the camera was sent back to Kodak who developed it, returning the prints and the reloaded camera.
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- Category:
- Photographs
- Object Number:
- 1990-5036/6004/9
- type:
- photograph
- taxonomy:
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- visual and verbal communication
- credit:
- The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford
- copyright:
- National Science and Media Museum
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