This old image was scanned from a pile of unclaimed patient possessions we have in our museum collection. I guess ALL of those photos are a mystery, but some just stand out and grab one’s attention. Like this one.

Obviously this is a staged photo–the kind of thing you’d pay for so you have a souvenir while visiting someplace (Denver, apparently, in this case). The car seems to be a flat sheet of plywood. The Backdrop is also two dimensional. The two guys in the photo, though, they look so real in comparison. The way the guys hands wrap around the 2D steering wheel is wonderful. And the expression on the passenger is just heroically stoic.

I’ll share some more of these from time to time. Stay tuned for more.