Waldo c. 1875

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"Waldo" is a carte de visite, a popular photographic format in the 19th century, created by Jeremiah Gurney in 1875. The image depicts a young woman in a fashionable purple jacket and lace collar, showcasing the era's style and the artistic skill of the photographer. The sitter's soft expression and the delicate detail of her jewelry add to the portrait's charm and intimacy, typical of the genre. This small-scale work, now in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, captures a fleeting moment in time and offers a glimpse into the past.

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minneapolisinstituteofart about 1 year ago

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These photographs are examples of a stereograph created by Jeremiah Gurney. A stereograph is made up of two images next to each other on a page. Just like humans have two eyes, a stereoscopic camera has two lenses. The camera makes two pictures that look similar, but are taken from slightly different perspectives. Then, the pictures are placed into a stereoscope viewer (see an example displayed in the case), and the image that the eyes see is three-dimensional. This feature made them popular, although they were more expensive to purchase.