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c1940 portrait from a Photomatic booth courtesy Sean Nolan<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. You can pick these little portraits up at one of our events. Nowadays, photo booths give us a few portraits in a short strip of prints.<\/p>\n

Sean Nolan has taken the time to date the Photomatic portraits using the frame design. His current release is available here<\/a> in pdf format. The guide includes this link<\/a> for other books and updates to the guide. Sean’s work also appears on page 3 in our May 2018 newsletter<\/a>, 18-01.<\/p>\n

In the May, 2008 issue of Photographic Canadiana, George Dunbar wrote a review of the book, “American Photobooth<\/a>” by Nakki Goranin. George also found a 1927 article<\/a> in the magazine “Science and Industry” that illustrates how the booth works. And he managed to locate a booth up here which was written up in our Journal (vol 33-1 for May, 2007).<\/p>\n

Sean’s guide begins, “The photo booth was a private place where, hidden behind a curtain, you could take your own portrait. These pictures, taken without professional supervision, are wonderfully informal and often reveal a spontaneity and sense of character not found in more formal portraits of the period. The photographs range from staid passport photos to wacky strips where you could act out a scene in four poses.<\/p>\n

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“The photo booth was also a place where society\u2019s censors could not enter. Gay, lesbian, or interracial couples could embrace in privacy. Risque self-portraits were possible long before the advent of the Polaroid camera or digital photography.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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