Monday, January 17, 2011

James Perkins...Breaking down the family tree

This past summer I had the chance to go to the Penobscot Marine Museum to look over some 600 glass plates made by my (wait for it) great, great, great uncle, Captain James Perkins.  He was a boat captain at the turn of the Century, but also was an avid photographer.  Here are a few of my favorite images from the collection. Turns out we share similar aesthetics, which I find very fascinating.  He photographed with a 4x5, 5x7, and 6x8 view camera using glass plates.


















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  1. Megan DunbarJanuary 18, 2011 at 5:13 PM

    You're probably your great, great, great uncle reincarnated. Unless you don't believe in that sort of thing...... then you're not.

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