peculiar snapshots

After coming across this set of photos via Bats and Rags last night, I couldn't take my eyes of them. Bizzare. Amusing. Eerie. Intriguing. Peculiar Snapshots pretty much has it all. I had a hard time selecting just a few photos to share, but here are a few of my favorites for one reason or another.

happy happy

Happy birthday to these two cuties, the best mom and aunt a gal could ever ask for! Today they're a little older it's true, but just as sweet as they look in this photo. I love you both more than words can express.

modern collodion

It's always been the detailed modernity of aged wet plate photos that struck me. However with these images, it's quite the contrary. Knowing they were taken just last year yet possess the antiquated beauty of Civil War era photography makes me thankful there is still a world out there with film, albumen paper and the like. How inspiring are these images by Angela and Ithyle? This design/photo/do what you will duo could very well be a new favorite of mine.

colorized

If you haven't figured it out by now, I'm a huge fan of Shorpy, a blog soley dedicated to historic photos from the 1850s to 1950s. If you've never been over to the site I highly (I would have super italized this if I could) recommend having a look around over there!

Normally I'm keen on the black and white images, using my imagination to conjure up color into each photograph. However tonight, I'm drawn to the colorized photos. One of the things I find most interesting are the comments. Quite a few people talk about how horrible it to colorize photos. I must be honest, I don't know what the big deal is. It's not as if the original was colorized folks! I could understand the rants a bit more if that were the case, but it's not at all. Most of the complaints revolve around robbing the image of it's original beauty. Well again, they've got both images. If you so desire to see the colorized in it's original black and white, you can easily do so. Actually, I find it rather fun to check out the black and white, imagine it in color in my own little head, then get the chance to see someone else's take. What are your thoughts?









Now colorization drama aside, can you tell I'm dreaming of Summer? I know it's supposedly here but I'm not quite convinced. Until the sun tells me otherwise, I'm taking warmth and inspiration from each of these bathing beauties! One pieces galore and that last with the belt, just darling.

the brox sisters

Lately I've found myself completely taken with images from the 1920s. I'll google random words that are related to the decade, click on images and sift through all the photos that come up. Some uninspiring. Others, well, too dreamy for words. Last night, I was all googled out and went over to the Shorpy website for a quick look. To my surprise I found several photos of the same three ladies. But who were they? I had no idea. There was a little caption reading "The Brox Sisters" but I had never heard of them. Intrigued, I did a little scouting and come to find these three beautifully dressed sisters were among the first artists to appear on Vitaphone sound shorts in the 1920s. The trio started out on Vaudeville in the 1920s and by the early 1930s were already broken up but had quite the time it seems performing with The Marx Brothers and a slew of other stars.





I'm smitten with those lacy nighties and the frizzy silent film bed head going on in the second photo. What about you?