Gang of Four, Very Charismatic and Contemporary Feeling Antique Tintype native sculpture I'd like to think she

I'd like to think she was the carver's mother or grandmother

very much the product of one particular person's fancies

and this is one of the most beautiful I've found

it in very good condition still

and as a set functioning like a beautiful gold map

Gang of Four, Very Charismatic and Contemporary Feeling Antique Tintype native sculpture I'd like to think sheThis antique tintype amazes me for how completely contemporary these four look. And, as I've noted before, I find that stark tintypes like this, more than any other sort of photographs, make the subjects feel as if they are just right here in the room, hearts beating. What a gang of four, immediately making me think of Clockwork Orange, and with the young man at top left and lower right especially seeming as if just walked out of a Peter Hujar