Sunday, May 27, 2007

No. 111- Alfred Kaden with Circus Carl Hagenbeck 1927


SAVE2874, originally uploaded by bucklesw1.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

never heard of THAT done before. But, that horse sure looks boney - lions too come to think of it.

Anonymous said...

could some of you photo experts weigh in onthis one ?
The photo looks a bit hinky to me
the floor ? and the wall behind the horse ?

Anonymous said...

It appears as if this was a staged PR photo. The photographer took the trouble to bring his backdrop to mask the cage by hanging fabric on the sides and the floor, then pulled it tight to make a neutral background. It was a common technique in the 20's to do so. Slow shutter speeds required that subjects remain stationary. Movement across a busy background would have diluted the image.