ABC Wednesday is a word meme with participants from around the world. Our Host, Mrs. Nesbitt hails from Great Britain. Says Mrs. Nesbitt: "Some have been with us from the very first round, others have joined in along the way! What fun! Each week we are taken across the globe to see the varied and exciting contributions people have taken the time to discover and capture! ABC Wednesday is now entering a 3rd year of fun! I'll raise a glass to you all!". We started with the letter, "A" and each week we post something in regards to the next letter of the alphabet. This week's letter is, "G".
One of my glass negatives from the early part of the last century. I own more than a couple hundred of these and the exact origin of them are not known. All I know is that they are most likely from on of the 8 or so photo studios that were in existence on Gold Street in Albuquerque circa 1910-20.
I don't have all of them scanned. In fact I just scanned this one and realized that I now have a different scanner and I will have to figure out a different approach as to how to optimize the image. Many of he images in this glass negative collection are in a severe state of deterioration and many of them are not good exposures or in focus. This one is over-exposed, but I love the image itself.
Glass negatives was a commonly used photography technique for quite some time in the late 1800s and into the 1900s. This process is called the Collodion process. Check out the link for more detailed information.
You can also do a search (in the search box) on this blog for other glass negative postings.
Glove. Ah! No ordinary glove, though. You can't wear this one! It is made from a ceramic material by a potter in Jemez. It graces the wall in their back yard and when I took this photo, the cottonwoods trees were going at it in full force with wisps of 'cotton' in the air everywhere. It actually looks like snow, the air gets so thick with the 'cotton'. Hence, you see the edges of the glove have evidence of this phenom that takes place each May/June.
Not far from the glove is this peaceful and elegant gate. I wish I had it in my yard!
I've mentioned it before that I am partial to graffiti art. And, because of that, I am imposing yet again, another graffiti art image. This one is also taken at the old Albuquerque Railyard.
But, the Holy Grail? Alas, if I really had that image, Indy Jones would be at my door! And, good grief!! Does anyone know off the top of their heads what the meaning of gonfalon, gulle and glottis is? I suspect many of you know glottis, but perhaps not so much the other two.
12 comments:
Oh my ... .
your glass negatives are truly
Glorious!
So many choices and so very different. Not sure what has happened to linky this week.
I love that glass photo. I always wonder who they were and what they did. I found some photos in my grandmother's collection, but she is suffering the latter stages of Alzheimer and nobody else in the family knows who they are.
Love your glass negatives. That is such a special collection. I like all the choices...don't know what the words you asked about mean though..
Lovely images! And I learned something new today...aren't gules something to do with coats of arms, too? On behalf of the ABC team, thanks for sharing.
That glass negative is beautiful...all your Gs are so good...love the garden gate...
Each of those strange words, when you click on them, lead to a link that explains what they are! Oh, well...
Mara, it is a travesty that those negatives will remain unknown, but if you ever want to sell them, let me know as I suspect that they are in rather good condition!
a nice variety of G's you've got here!
Wonderful G's - your photos are beautiful
You're right - I knew glottis, but not the other two! I like your random word thing!
Lovely photos, too. The glove is amazing.
what a GRAND eclectic GROUP of photos! I'm loving it.
I love the glove and the gate and oddly enough my post on G today has graffiti in it too. As for the words--except for glottis I had to look them up.
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