And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Hmm. I'd say pre-60's fashion. Ski garb went skin-tight in the 60's with new stretch fabrics, go look at at 60's movies, the Pink Panther or James Bond comes to mind. Her poles are too short, she may be standing on a log or rock or something. There's more visual anomalies. With all that snow around, and at Donner Pass in the Range of Light in warm springtime sun, the lighting should be very high-contrast with sharp edges on the shadows. (I did a lot of skiing at Donner Pass back in the day.) How did they soften the shadows on the woman's clothes and face, I'm assuming this was B&W film? Darkroom wizardry. And you can tell it's pre-60's because look at the horizon, there's no bright particulate backscatter layer like there is everywhere today. I read once that the early Gemini Program photos of the Earth from space show an atmosphere that was noticeably more transparent than today. Gemini photos were the first high-resolution color photos of the whole Earth.
The young lady is slender because everybody was slender back then.
Disregarding all that meta-information, it's a very charming photograph and subject of the gone world. She's somebody's favorite photo of grandma.
Photograph taken by H. Armstrong Roberts Date taken: 30 September 1949 https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-1940s-1950s-young-blond-athletic-woman-looking-at-camera-smiling-standing-12667749.html
Except the picture credit. Those baggy natural-fiber pants so looked pre-60's to me. These days, the women wear yoga pants with maybe long-underwear. In the 60's and 70's, they still wore pants, but they went for the wrinkle-free stretched-down look. In the 80's when snowboarding was getting started, both the men and women went for the extreme baggy look in keeping with their knuckle-dragging ethos. I still wear the vintage styles of my youth, and those baggy pants looked like what the skiers of the previous generations wore as seen in the old books and magazines I read back then.
Ahh. Wool gabardine. That's the key that unlocks the fashion puzzle. I'm partial to vintage and retro outdoor fashions. There's lots of examples on the internet searching for wool gabardine ski pants. She's wearing the side-zip version.
I still marvel at the soft light on the young lady. From the shadows on the trees, the sun is low in the west. The sun can't be sinking into Bay Area smog, because the tree shadows are deeper. The photographer might have put up a translucent film or cloth when taking the photo. Or when printing put a gel between the light and the paper shaped just to her outline.
Oh, and the picture credit date must be wrong. Donner Pass doesn't look like that in September. The photographer took the photo the previous spring, and published in the fall.
My bet is she’s hiking, not skiing. Maybe on shoes, but short poles & no wind layer means she’s at walking pace, making heat, and not too far from base. But agree on general photo comments. A lovely shot of someone’s grandma.
Donner Lake in the background. That's the railroad grade climbing towards the summit out of Coldstream Valley, near Truckee, California.
ReplyDeleteLooks like early ‘60s garb. Pretty girl.
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ReplyDeleteNo, just looks normal for the day. Not fat nor enhanced.
DeleteEarly 70s is when they started using HFC instead of sugar.
DeleteHmm. I'd say pre-60's fashion. Ski garb went skin-tight in the 60's with new stretch fabrics, go look at at 60's movies, the Pink Panther or James Bond comes to mind. Her poles are too short, she may be standing on a log or rock or something. There's more visual anomalies. With all that snow around, and at Donner Pass in the Range of Light in warm springtime sun, the lighting should be very high-contrast with sharp edges on the shadows. (I did a lot of skiing at Donner Pass back in the day.) How did they soften the shadows on the woman's clothes and face, I'm assuming this was B&W film? Darkroom wizardry. And you can tell it's pre-60's because look at the horizon, there's no bright particulate backscatter layer like there is everywhere today. I read once that the early Gemini Program photos of the Earth from space show an atmosphere that was noticeably more transparent than today. Gemini photos were the first high-resolution color photos of the whole Earth.
ReplyDeleteThe young lady is slender because everybody was slender back then.
Disregarding all that meta-information, it's a very charming photograph and subject of the gone world. She's somebody's favorite photo of grandma.
No disrespect John, however nothing that you mention disqualifies early ‘60s time frame.
DeletePhotograph taken by H. Armstrong Roberts
DeleteDate taken: 30 September 1949
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-1940s-1950s-young-blond-athletic-woman-looking-at-camera-smiling-standing-12667749.html
Except the picture credit. Those baggy natural-fiber pants so looked pre-60's to me. These days, the women wear yoga pants with maybe long-underwear. In the 60's and 70's, they still wore pants, but they went for the wrinkle-free stretched-down look. In the 80's when snowboarding was getting started, both the men and women went for the extreme baggy look in keeping with their knuckle-dragging ethos. I still wear the vintage styles of my youth, and those baggy pants looked like what the skiers of the previous generations wore as seen in the old books and magazines I read back then.
ReplyDeleteWool gabardine drapes like that. It's tight knit and the wind won't whistle through it. Used to wear it winter camping, silk underneath.
DeleteAhh. Wool gabardine. That's the key that unlocks the fashion puzzle. I'm partial to vintage and retro outdoor fashions. There's lots of examples on the internet searching for wool gabardine ski pants. She's wearing the side-zip version.
DeleteI still marvel at the soft light on the young lady. From the shadows on the trees, the sun is low in the west. The sun can't be sinking into Bay Area smog, because the tree shadows are deeper. The photographer might have put up a translucent film or cloth when taking the photo. Or when printing put a gel between the light and the paper shaped just to her outline.
ReplyDeleteOh, and the picture credit date must be wrong. Donner Pass doesn't look like that in September. The photographer took the photo the previous spring, and published in the fall.
Fresh…and cold
ReplyDeleteIs that Heidi ??? Where is her Grandpa ??
ReplyDeleteMy bet is she’s hiking, not skiing. Maybe on shoes, but short poles & no wind layer means she’s at walking pace, making heat, and not too far from base. But agree on general photo comments. A lovely shot of someone’s grandma.
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