This jumping man comes from an album I recently received from a military historian friend. It belonged to the well-to-do Foley family from North County Dublin and dates from between 1900 and 1920. It is full of great snapshots like this one which is part of a series taken at some sort of camp along the coast of Dublin. The ability to freeze action was called ‘instant photography’ and it became a staple of amateur practice in the early decades of the 20th Century. It reminds me of the iconic Lartigue photograph of his cousin ‘flying’. This is featured in the BBC’s documentary series The Genius of Photography.
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Hi-jinks in Dublin!
Posted in Irish Snapshot Photography, tagged 1900s Ireland, 1910s Ireland, 1920s Ireland, Clontarf, Dublin, Found Photographs, Instant Photography, Irish Photography, Irish Snapshots, Jacques Henri Lartigue, North County Dublin, Photographic Albums on January 7, 2010| Leave a Comment »