{"id":8284,"date":"2017-04-23T08:47:19","date_gmt":"2017-04-23T12:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=8284"},"modified":"2017-05-13T20:39:53","modified_gmt":"2017-05-14T00:39:53","slug":"sit-pose-snap-brisbane-portrait-photography-1850-1950","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/sit-pose-snap-brisbane-portrait-photography-1850-1950\/","title":{"rendered":"Sit, Pose, Snap. – Brisbane Portrait Photography 1850 \u2013 1950"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Portrait from Marcel Safier Collection, Australia<\/p><\/div>\n

Toronto<\/strong>. PHSC member Marcel Safier of Australia<\/a> has a \u00a0part of his collection on exhibit at the Museum of Brisbane<\/a>.\u00a0The exhibit, called “Sit, Pose, Snap<\/a>” covers the Brisbane portraits business\u00a0over the century of 1850 – 1950. The exhibit\u00a0runs from March\u00a024th through July 30th of this year. Marcel noted, “…\u00a0the exhibition contains less than 10% of my Brisbane portrait photos and less than 1% of my whole portrait collection!”.<\/p>\n

The Museum quotes, “Sit. Pose. Snap. Brisbane Portrait Photography 1850 \u2013 1950 <\/em>explores the phenomenon of studio portrait photography in Brisbane, and shows how the process of capturing and sharing a portrait evolved from the formal studio sittings of the 19th century through to candid and relaxed photographs of the mid-20th <\/sup>century.<\/p>\n

“With the introduction of commercial photography in the mid 1850s, dozens of photographic studios popped up in and around Brisbane capitalising on this popular new technology. Interest in this novel sensation was high, and profitable \u2013 with photographers increasingly savvy when it came to selling their service and products.<\/p>\n

“Featuring hundreds of Brisbane residents captured in original photographs from local studios between 1850 -1950, this exhibition draws from the extensive private collection of Marcel Safier \u2013 one of Australia\u2019s most significant collectors of portrait photography.<\/strong> Discover the variety, trends and historical progression of photographic types through this period, from the early forms of daguerreotypes through to carte-de-visites and postcards.<\/p>\n

“From personal portraits capturing life\u2019s most significant milestones, to the curious and often humorous ways in which people presented themselves, Sit. Pose. Snap.<\/em> \u00a0is a charming and nostalgic glimpse into a 19th<\/sup> century photographic studio.”<\/p>\n

Note: I met Marcel when he was hosted by our editor Bob Lansdale. Marcel was in the area during a Daguerreotype Symposium. Marcel belongs to both the PHSC and the Daguerreian Society.<\/p>\n

In an email to Daguerreian Society members, including Bob Lansdale, Marcel mentioned, “An exhibition based on my collection is currently running at the Museum of Brisbane in Australia. It features one daguerreotype (a Richard Beard as I have no Brisbane examples) and one Brisbane ambrotype, reflecting their incredible rarity, but there are hundreds of cartes and cabinet photos and many other and later photo types included.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Toronto. PHSC member Marcel Safier of Australia has a \u00a0part of his collection on exhibit at the Museum of Brisbane.\u00a0The exhibit, called “Sit, Pose, Snap” covers the Brisbane portraits business\u00a0over the century of 1850 – 1950. The exhibit\u00a0runs from March\u00a024th … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[705],"tags":[1076,1075,524,74,810,129,339,110,1077],"class_list":["post-8284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos","tag-australia","tag-brisbane","tag-daguerreian-society","tag-exhibition","tag-marcel-safier","tag-museum","tag-photographs","tag-phsc","tag-studio-portraits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8284"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8289,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8284\/revisions\/8289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}