1. Notes: 17 / 2 years ago  from benhasten
   

   benhasten:Mr Laing or Laine, 1843

   Medium Calotype print

   Photo by Robert Adamson, David Octavius Hill

   “The identity of the smartly dressed tennis player in this staged scene is uncertain and yet this calotype has become a popular picture postcard. Hill and Adamson are best remembered for the subtlety and perceptiveness of their photographic portraits but at times they showed a keenness for the representation of movement. Here movement is easy to detect in the blur of the racket and the man’s forearm. The player’s intense gaze furthermore suggests that a tennis ball just just gone out of the picture frame.”

   Via National Galleries of Scotland

    

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