Stern Man with Bible Against Absurd Backdrop, Antique Tintype Portrait blue birds watercolor but a bit of a

but a bit of a mystery beyond that

South Africa and New Zealand

making it feel all the more a special object

These two wonderful drinking bowls were made by indigenous Canelos Quichua women in the Oriente (upper Amazonian) region of Ecuador

The bottom is simply green felt

Stern Man with Bible Against Absurd Backdrop, Antique Tintype Portrait blue birds watercolor but a bit of aWhen I look at photographs it is pretty much all about content, and I do like to imagine what was going on at the moment a photo was taken. This tintype is beautifully crisp and clear, but what I love about it is the absurd juxtaposition between this very sober looking man holding up his bible and the almost Rococo studio backdrop with painted roses (one imagines they were pink) arching over him from one side and emerging again just behind his right