Twee prentbriefkaarten met portretten van prins Hendrik c. 1905 - 1915

Ferdinand Robert Ebner made these two postcard portraits of Prince Hendrik with photography, though exactly when, we don't know. Imagine Ebner carefully setting up the lights, maybe directing Prince Hendrik's pose just so. What was the atmosphere like in the studio? Was Prince Hendrik patient, or did he fidget and crack jokes? What would it be like to photograph someone of such status? You would want to make something memorable that does justice to the sitter, but also to your own name. I like to think about the texture of those old photos, the way they fade and get a little wrinkly over time. It’s a whole different world of image-making compared to today’s digital snaps. These postcards feel intimate, like little windows into a specific moment in time, filtered through Ebner's lens.