Boy, Cow, Dog, Pregnant Mother, Couple, Beautiful Antique Mounted Albumen Farm Photograph mechanical folk art Hitler The surface is worn and

The surface is worn and aged in just the right way

and makes me happy every time I look at it

And of course I love the self-reflexivity of that--a daguerreotype photo of a woman holding a daguerreotype

is a great set to actually play with

Boy, Cow, Dog, Pregnant Mother, Couple, Beautiful Antique Mounted Albumen Farm Photograph mechanical folk art Hitler The surface is worn andA beauty of a photograph, crystal clear, richly tonal, very atmospheric, and with a with lots packed into it. Due north of this sweet looking boy (with the elbow of his sweater worn entirely through) is a woman standing in the doorway of the house, I imagine his mother, who looks to be very pregnant, watching over the scene and making for a nice echo with the parental sort of affection this boy seems have for this young cow. Along the very bottom edge