Portuguese diving, Boys diving off a cliff in Madeira, page, photomechanical print, inscription: 'The whole detail of this living scene was recorded by the great artist, Light, in one five-hundredth part of a second. This exposure was obtained by means of a Thornton-Pickard Focal-plane shutter.', photographer: TM Bianchi, Madeira, c. 1898 - in or before 1908, printmaker, paper, autotypie, height 136 mm x width 95 mm, diving (movement in water), A vertical black-and-white photograph showing several people mid-dive off a rocky cliff into a body of water, captured in successive positions forming an arc from the cliff edge down toward the water surface; the divers wear light-colored shorts or garments and are bare-chested, with limbs extended in diving poses; the rocky cliff appears on the left with jagged edges and a small metal ring attached near the top; the water fills the right and lower parts of the image with a textured surface; in the background across the water there is a stone em...
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Portuguese diving, Boys diving off a cliff in Madeira, page, photomechanical print, inscription: 'The whole detail of this living scene was recorded by the great artist, Light, in one five-hundredth part of a second. This exposure was obtained by means of a Thornton-Pickard Focal-plane shutter.', photographer: TM Bianchi, Madeira, c. 1898 - in or before 1908, printmaker, paper, autotypie, height 136 mm x width 95 mm, diving (movement in water), A vertical black-and-white photograph showing several people mid-dive off a rocky cliff into a body of water, captured in successive positions forming an arc from the cliff edge down toward the water surface; the divers wear light-colored shorts or garments and are bare-chested, with limbs extended in diving poses; the rocky cliff appears on the left with jagged edges and a small metal ring attached near the top; the water fills the right and lower parts of the image with a textured surface; in the background across the water there is a stone embankment with an arched opening and a row of buildings and houses on higher ground, with hills and a few trees visible beyond.

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Portuguese diving Boys diving off cliff Madeira page photomechanical print inscription whole detail living scene was recorded great artist Light five-hundredth part second exposure obtained means Thornton-Pickard Focal-plane shutter photographer TM Bianchi c 1898 - 1908 printmaker paper autotypie height 136 mm x width 95 mm movement water vertical black- -white photograph showing several people mid-dive off rocky cliff body captured successive positions forming arc edge down water surface divers wear light-colored shorts garments bare-chested limbs extended diving poses left jagged edges small metal ring attached near top water fills right lower parts image textured surface background across stone embankment arched opening row buildings houses higher ground hills trees visible beyond

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