13/05/2021
I'm delighted to have my essay 'On The Threshold: The Victorian Tintype and Working Class Women's Self-Identity' in Studies in Photography.'s 'Ways of Seeing: Women and Photography in Scotland', available here: https://studiesinphotography.com/
"As the most inexpensive method of early photography, the tintype created a virtual democracy in photographic portraiture. Now almost everyone could afford to have their picture taken."
Sheila Masson
Another peek into our journal 'Ways of Seeing: Women and Photography in Scotland', find Sheila Masson's essay on page 76 titled 'On The Threshold: The Victorian Tintype and Working Class Women's Self-Identity'. Here Sheila presents tintypes from her own collection that give us a glimpse into the daily lives of working class Victorian women, expressing themselves on their own terms and in their own environments,a rarity at the time.
Buy this excellent journal now! £10 from our website - www.studiesinphotography.com
Image: from Sheila Masson's collection.
