and his children from around im guessing about 1910-20

my moms sent it for my birthday, and its obviously a copy of the original which they obviously still have.

->My concern is in that one of the children, it appears that his face has either been somehow drawn in or somehow distorted, like it looks like one side of his face looks somewhat like a beginning sketcher would draw a basic symmetrical face, and the shadows that are in the rest of the image give way to this almost composite sketch sort of detail, and it only looks to be half of his face in this condition

also, in the daughter's face, it appears that the left side of her face is slightly altered as well, as the left eye is slightly lower than it should be, it is also lighter than the rest of her face, and the corner of her lip is snipped off a bit

Is this because of wear and tear of the photograph, because of the way exposures or whatever where created/treated, maybe the photograph was folded? And is it common for one to attempt to redraw parts of a photograph that begin to wear? because it doesnt look like a bad redraw, it seems more like it would be a composite sketch, perhaps professionals did this?

this really has me curious

[Edited on June 20, 2006 at 6:32 PM. Reason : h]

6/20/2006 6:32:16 PM

do you have access to a scanner?

6/20/2006 6:45:33 PM

Um yeah it might help if you post the picture.

6/20/2006 6:47:08 PM

were they slaves?

6/20/2006 6:48:34 PM

yea im plannin on doing that, i read over my description and it doesnt make alot of sense

sorry bout that, ill get it up there

6/20/2006 6:49:14 PM

it is interesting that one of the biggest lounge trolls is now attempting to use it for advice

6/20/2006 6:50:14 PM

i wouldnt say im the biggest, i dont troll here often

do what you will

6/20/2006 6:51:59 PM

were they slaves?

6/20/2006 6:52:12 PM

maybe this is like the ring or some shit

watch out, YOUR GRANPARENTS ONLY HAVE SEVEN DAYS

6/20/2006 6:52:46 PM

if they were they stole the massuh's clothes to take the pic

6/20/2006 6:53:04 PM

makes sense

black people are known for stealing

6/20/2006 7:06:03 PM