This winter I want to share my favorite snowmen from my personal stash of over 1,000 antique collectibles, photographs and artwork. The collection was on display at the Albright Memorial Library in Scranton, PA (and on TV a couple of times). Each day I will post a countdown of the top 100 snowmen, along with a backstory or two.
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Picturetown Collection © 2005
Early Photograph of a Snowman
The snowman, like a frozen Forrest Gump, always seemed to be in front of the camera at the forefront of advancements and it was no different for photography. One of the earliest photos was of a snowman, shot around in the 1840s by a young Welsh woman, Mary Dillwyn, a pioneer in the field and one of the first to use photography as an art form. The photo here was much later, 1902, but a wonderful example of early American snowman (and a lot clearer to see). #93.
For more, today there's a short interview with me discussing my writing and stuff on the wonderful writer's site Fictionaut.
To read about the start of the snowman project, there's an old post here on Open Salon that goes into that.
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Comments
the way the photografer composed the scene is wonderful.
The dog on the sled...
Love it!
Catching up on some missed posts. Sorry I missed them, but glad I can now "serialize" them. I have a feeling I'll be smiling hugely by day's end, thanks to you.