Saturday, November 9, 2013

Sepia Saturday - The Itinerant Beach Photographer



This week the theme photograph for Sepia Saturday features what appears to be an itinerant photographer and assistant on a beach somewhere.

The assistant is holding a Felix the Cat stuffed toy probably to catch and hold the attention of young subjects. The photographer stands behind his tripod mounted camera, ready to shoot a photograph. Apparently one of their subjects shot back and caught a business enterprise that is almost non-existent today.
Three at beach

Well, back on March 23, 2013, we did a page for Sepia Saturday of people with cameras, including some on tripods and some at the beach.

And I don't have anything with Felix the Cat.

So today, let's look at a few of the results of the efforts of some of those Itinerant Beach Photographers, a page of beach portraits.



By the sea - One little girl, pants with straps
By the sea - little boy with cap
By the sea - little girl dark suit

By the sea - nine kids
By the sea 19550205 Family in water

By the sea 19590210 couple
By the sea - couple in surf

By the sea - One little boy, dark suit in surf
By the sea - guy in swimsuit
By the sea - one guy in water
Same Place, different guy ...

By the sea - couple in surf
By the sea 19590210 couple

By the sea 1949 One girl
By the sea, One girl walking
By the sea - girl dark suit standing

By the sea - girl dark suit sitting
By the sea - One girl poses in a one-piece suit.

By the sea - girl in the surf
Pose on the beach
woman in surf

By the sea - One girl on rocks in a one-piece suit
By the sea - Woman on wall

So now splash on back to the
Sepia Saturday home page
and see the rest of the catch!


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Don't take my picture! Oh! You DID didn't you! completely unaware of the photographer This is a collection of photographs that disappear on the way home from the photo processing shop.

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THE KIDS Lesson one. It is always a mystery how a photograph of any of these precious children could end up lost or abandoned. Here are a few. You will probably say "Ooh..." at least once.

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WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
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"What are they doing?"

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23 comments:

  1. La NightingailNovember 9, 2013 at 11:57 AM

    Those 50's bathing suits take the cake - both women's AND men's, but especially the women's. My favorite photo, though, has to be that first one taken in 1935. I can't really tell if that's a little boy or girl? Which ever, their expression leaves no doubt about who's in charge: "This is my pose - take it or leave it!"

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    1. anyjazzNovember 9, 2013 at 12:31 PM

      Thanks Gail Perlee. You're right! And "Get on with it. You're interrupting some valuable play-time."

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  2. KristinNovember 9, 2013 at 12:45 PM

    I like the one of the little boy posed just like the men.

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    1. anyjazzNovember 9, 2013 at 12:56 PM

      Thanks Kristin. I think the photographer used the same bag of tricks over and over.

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  3. Jackie McGuinnessNovember 9, 2013 at 2:18 PM

    I like those 50s bathing suits!

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    1. anyjazzNovember 9, 2013 at 5:12 PM

      Thanks Jackie McGuinness. They certainly mark an era.

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  4. Little NellNovember 9, 2013 at 3:17 PM

    Fine figures of men, women ...and children.

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    1. anyjazzNovember 9, 2013 at 5:13 PM

      Thanks Little Nell. I think we were all healthier back then.

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  5. JofeathNovember 9, 2013 at 6:30 PM

    A great set of beach postcards. Mar del Plata is in Argentina, right? Perhaps they still have beach photographers there, but I'm not sure we ever did in Australia. It's a nice idea though.

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    1. anyjazzNovember 9, 2013 at 7:21 PM

      Thanks Jo Featherston. Yes, Argentina. I got them all in one batch, I suspect from the photographer himself, about seven years ago. I'm not sure there are active itinerant photographers anywhere anymore. Too much litigation and competition from cell phones and the like.

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  6. UnknownNovember 9, 2013 at 7:23 PM

    That first little kid is just a HOOT! Talk about "attitude," right?

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    1. anyjazzNovember 10, 2013 at 6:58 AM

      Thanks Deb Gould. Yes, she's certainly a "take charge" sort of girl.

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  7. PostcardyNovember 9, 2013 at 8:22 PM

    That's quite a collection. I don't think we ever had anything like that here.

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    1. anyjazzNovember 10, 2013 at 7:03 AM

      Thanks Postcardy. These are the only photographs I have ever seen from an itinerant photographer working at the beach. What's really rare is the photograph of the photographer in the Sepia Saturday prompt.

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  8. SharonNovember 9, 2013 at 9:00 PM

    I really like these beach photos. Although Australia is surrounded by beaches, I don't think that they had beach photographers here as I don't have a single photo in the albums.

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    1. anyjazzNovember 10, 2013 at 7:06 AM

      Thanks Sharon. I think souvenir photographers work mostly in little shops now. They have backdrops and costumes and comic cut-out panels.

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  9. Mike BrubakerNovember 9, 2013 at 9:13 PM

    A fantastic collection! There is a cheerful charm about this kind of ephemeral holiday photos. People wanted a personalized memento to prove to the folks back home, and maybe even themselves, that they had been there, and the beach photographers provided the souvenir.

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    1. anyjazzNovember 10, 2013 at 7:13 AM

      Thanks Mike Brubaker. I think you are right. Most of these have a happy flavor about them. It was a cheerful time when they were at the beach. The itinerant street photographers had it a little harder. They caught people in a rather candid way sometimes not at their best moment. They were in a hurry or preoccupied with their mission at the time, not ready for a photograph at all.

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  10. Jackie van BergenNovember 9, 2013 at 11:29 PM

    What a huge collection! I was never one to pose for photos at the beach.

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    1. anyjazzNovember 10, 2013 at 7:19 AM

      Thanks Jackie van Bergen. That is the difference between these itinerant beach photographs and the itinerant street photographs. These people are all posing for the shot. The street photographs are all candid.

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  11. Bob ScotneyNovember 13, 2013 at 8:22 AM

    Fun collection. We don't seem to see people posing like that any more. Bring back the beach photographer.

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    1. anyjazzNovember 13, 2013 at 8:49 AM

      Thanks Bob Scotney. Yes, I lament the obsolescence of the itinerant photographer also. There's just no feature that can't be duplicated with a cell phone or a pocket digital camera. Plus, with a cell phone the photograph can be sent to all the friends, instantly.

      I have seen the small studios in tourist areas though, with a stock of props, backdrops and costumes. They can put the costumed customer on a set and have a digital print for them within minutes. That's something a cell phone can't do.

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  12. anyjazzNovember 13, 2013 at 8:48 AM

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