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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsOne of the Earliest Known Photos of Guys Sitting Around and Drinking Beer (Circa 1845)
http://www.openculture.com/2013/09/earliest-known-photos-of-guys-drinking-beer.html
It is generally accepted that Boulevard du Temple, a daguerreotype made by Louis Daguerre in 1838, was the earliest photograph to show people in any form. But in Daguerres famous image, people were hardly the focus. Rather, they were almost accidental parts of the background. By contrast, the Met Museum will tell you, Hill and Adamson produced in the 1840s the first substantial body of self-consciously artistic work using the newly invented medium of photography. Two young girls together. An elderly man playing the harp. A photographer and his friends sitting down for a beer. Theyre all intimate scenes from mid-nineteenth century Scottish life.
Tobin S.
(10,418 posts)And they are smiling which is unusual for early photos.
bluesbassman
(19,379 posts)Usually puts a smile on my face!
Cool photo.
Dash87
(3,220 posts)The formal photo with poses always seemed to have people with stonefaces
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)That pic could have been me and my buddies on a recent night.
B Calm
(28,762 posts)SwissTony
(2,560 posts)my mother used to use whisky to relieve teething pains in all her 5 kids.
I belong to Glasgow
Dear old Glasgow town
Well what's the matter with Glasgow
For it's goin' 'roon and 'roon
I'm only a common old working chap
As anyone here can see
But when I get a couple of drinks on a Saturday
Glasgow belongs to me...
KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)guy behind him is trying to listen in.
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)...on each side.
malthaussen
(17,217 posts)They're in a pub, the light level must be execrable. How long would they have had to stay still to get such a crisp exposure?
-- Mal
Locut0s
(6,154 posts)I love the history of photography. Such a clear window onto a slice of life moment over 150 year ago! The glasses they are using to drink beer from are interesting looking, they look more like champagne glasses of today.
UtahLib
(3,179 posts)for introducing me to that site. I am of Scottish ancestry and interested in everything I can glean concerning Scotland. Genealogical work by family members inspired me to visit Scotland twice and I plan to return within the next year because I find it to be such a magical and mystical country. If possible, I would spend my remaining years exploring Scotland.
Again, thank you.
Bucky
(54,084 posts)I sposed it's cause they mostly used hair gel to keep it from frizzing out in the days before daily shampooing.