Kittintypes: Nineteenth-Century Cats in the Daniel Carter Beard Collection | Picture This
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Cats appear in photographs from the earliest days of the medium in the mid-19th century. We will share some early portrait tintypes of kittens and cats from the collection of illustrator Daniel Carter Beard.
  • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    The cat on the man’s knee was not expecting that flash! I don’t know if the humans usually look calm because they knew it was coming or because they didn’t have cat-like reflexes so the camera missed their reaction.