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Throwback Thursday: Downtime and a Classic Photograph

9/3/2020

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by Skip Cohen

​Even with business starting to pick up a little, we're all going to have a little downtime still, here and there. Well, it's Throwback Thursday, and part of the fun of the concept is the hunt for old images. It's the perfect way to remind yourself how much photography means and use a little of that downtime.

I found this shot of my grandfather in a batch of old photographs from around 1910-1920. And while it's at least a hundred years old, check out everything from his tweed suit, complete with vest and skinny pants, to the cigar in his hand and the pose.

There's that expression, what goes around comes around. He'd be in perfect style today - just take off the straw hat. 

My grandfather smoked cigars most of his life, and one day decided to quit - cold turkey around 1959. He continued to put the money away he'd typically spend on a box of cigars and a few years later took my grandmother on vacation to Mexico!

It's so easy to let the stress of the pandemic grind you down, but stay focused on the career path you chose to be a photographer. You're magicians who turn intangible moments into tangible memories your clients can hold in their hands and cherish forever!

Physical distancing makes it tougher right now to work with the same creative freedom you have in the past, but that doesn't mean people don't still have memories to capture!

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Bernhard link
9/3/2020 04:41:41 pm

Hi,

i like such old photographies. They are witnesses of old ages.

I like to view them and compoare with today.

Best regards
Bernhard

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Brian
9/5/2020 08:34:08 pm

Sharp!

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