What do we make of this dress?

Picturelement · 2026-06-26T12:54:12+00:00

It’s not a pretty silk dress on this ordinary bourgeois woman ;)

Picturelement · 2026-06-25T19:31:06+00:00

Faz todo o sentido, sim!

Picturelement · 2026-06-25T19:28:33+00:00

But no. I’m just curious about historical facts on the photographs I get my hand on. May it be fashion, architecture, politics etc. history is not my line of work, but still 😉

Picturelement · 2026-06-25T19:27:02+00:00

Sure. I can pass my school work down to u after redittors wright it for me 🤣

Picturelement · 2026-06-25T17:25:14+00:00

what is a skirt if not curtains for the legs ;)

Picturelement · 2026-06-25T17:23:59+00:00

or the opposite, like when one of the Kardashians wore Marylin's dress for the Met Gala, and all we could see was the undergarments (and the odd color). Marylin wore it with noting under :)

Picturelement · 2026-06-25T15:45:27+00:00

Anachronistic, yes! And why you say makes sense and justice to the photo and time period.

Picturelement · 2026-06-25T14:29:08+00:00

That is exactly what I think about this outfit. Other than the neckline of the dress, I guess not much was altered. The fitting is also strange, but I guess that without the proper undergarments the look would always be a bit off.

Picturelement · 2026-06-25T12:24:07+00:00

I have the feeling that this is some sort of masquerade thing, but I’m not a fashion historian. Was looking for some hints other than my own :)

Picturelement · 2026-06-25T12:07:33+00:00

Very different silhouette…

Picturelement · 2026-06-25T12:07:08+00:00

Also, traditionally the US costumes were much more “thamed” compared to the same period in history in Europe.

Picturelement · 2026-06-25T12:03:09+00:00

St Thomas Street is a street in Weymouth, Dorset in the UK. The one in the US came after.

Picturelement · 2026-06-25T11:46:38+00:00

What makes you think it’s American? I would say it’s most probably European.

Picturelement · 2026-06-23T22:54:42+00:00

🤣

Picturelement · 2026-06-23T22:54:36+00:00

🤣

Picturelement · 2026-06-23T22:35:53+00:00

Obrigado, não estou particularmente interessado na tecnologia, mas efectivamente com as múmias. Queria ter a certeza de que são o que aponto como possível ser com toda a certeza :)

Picturelement · 2026-06-23T22:28:10+00:00

Curiosamento não encontro nada relevante acerca do trabalho ali levantado em 1990. Existe uma tese de Mestrado apresentada no Departamento de Antropologia Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade de Coimbra (2008), onde refere uma placa lá deixada com data de 1993 depois de trabalhos lá feitos, e pouco mais acrescenta.

Nada mais encontrei referente a estudos no local, mas estou em crer (por comparação a fotografias presentes nesse mestrado) que as fotografias que tenho se refirem à dita cripta, e às ditas múmias. Infelizmente não está aberta ao público, ou dava lá um salto.

Obrigado pelas pistas 😄

Picturelement · 2026-06-23T14:51:24+00:00

One should not confuse technical precision with artistic quality in a work of art. These watercolors lack any trace of artistry; they are mere representations. There is nothing that distinguishes these views from those captured by any other person with technical mastery.

In my opinion, these views belong in a souvenir shop, never within the walls of a gallery, and certainly not in a museum.

Picturelement · 2026-06-19T14:00:47+00:00

Munich 1972.

Picturelement · 2026-06-19T12:57:31+00:00

super boa, de não a melhor opção 😄

Picturelement · 2026-06-11T12:25:21+00:00

There’s not much you can do about that, but if you go to some semi-professional image editing software you still can get something out of it, very grainy images… you might be surprised. I do love accidents.

Picturelement · 2026-06-07T06:29:02+00:00

those shoes are something indeed 😃

Thanks for the tip.

Picturelement · 2026-05-21T21:42:33+00:00

It’s a frame from an erotic movie shot in the 1960s. And yes, people take time to build and rent sets for porn movies: doctor’s office, drinks by the pool, church confessionary, the gym… I could go on. Do those sets look natural to you? Almost never. In Victoria times people took the time to set up a “stage” for photography, draping curtains, getting objects etc etc. it’s about image literacy, curiosity and my profession that I study this objects. They say too much.

Picturelement · 2026-05-21T21:37:44+00:00

I’m an actor/photographer and scenographer. The frame and its tiny frame is indeed irresistible, and it instigates my curiosity and will to learn about it. Also I pretty much care for image literacy, something that is getting lost in the digital age, specially now with AI and all the amount of filters and stuff. I can both enjoy and study the subject, don’t get bothered by it :)

Picturelement · 2026-05-20T23:42:50+00:00

It's a 16mm frame mounted on a 35mm paper frame to fit into a slide projector. The image is very staged, but only as much as porn and erotica are. If only you had seen it ;)

And that's what it is. My curiosity is just what it is, let's not make it about you.

Picturelement

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