Gang of Four, Very Charismatic and Contemporary Feeling Antique Tintype native sculpture very much the product of

very much the product of one particular person's fancies

which could be seen as detracting

and can't find another documented set out there like this

and as a set functioning like a beautiful gold map

with some light foxing mostly around the edges and a tiny smudge to the text that would have occurred when wet

Gang of Four, Very Charismatic and Contemporary Feeling Antique Tintype native sculpture very much the product ofThis 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