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"spring portrait"
half-plate ambrotype on black glass
1891 Dallmeyer 3B patent portrait lens

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"Timber!"
silver gelatin print from whole-plate collodion negative
circa 1860 Holmes, Booth & Haydens 11 1/2" portrait lens

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"Calcutta sweat-shop"
silver gelatin print from 35mm negative
~1970 Canonet QL17, made in Japan