#larryography

[larryography]

An overlay of Henry Moore's King and Queen in Florence and a Canadian mountain range. 

The slides of this mountain range were commissioned by Sir Martin Conway famous art critic and mountaineer. He had strong environmentalist concerns and thought that these slides would outlive the mountains themselves. 

[larryography]

Left: Photographic plate glass slide of Canadian mountains

Right: Transparency of Henry Moore's King and Queen 1952/3 

[larryography]

These are some photos I took of old large plate glass slides from the  1950s and 60s. They are beautiful objects and have a satisfying weight to them. The slide of the tiger attacking the lamb has 'Sir Kenneth Clark' handwritten on the top - when I was holding this I was very aware that I was handling an object that had a rich history and that few people had looked at since the 1980s when the projectors that used these slides were phased out.

I was only looking at these slides, but I own a few glass plate slides of mountains that I intend to use as a part of a project soon. 

[larryography]

Forgotten People #5

Detail of Joseph Haydn Statue

[larryography]

Forgotten People #5

Statue of Joseph Haydn in Vienna + Man in Trench Coat and Hat.

The black mark on the left is the residue left by the glue and tape which blocked out the man from the projected slide.

[larryography]

Detail of Couple in front of Abbey.

[larryography]

Forgotten People #4 

Couple in front of Abbey

[larryography]

forgotten people #3

Here the photographer was meant to be photographing this Greek Church, but instead he focussed on the flowers in the foreground rendering the church and this priest as a blur.