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A Photographic Memory

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Essays

Portraiture

Gallery - In the Studio

No two photographic sessions are alike and as a result, even the simplest formal portraits will communicate vastly different types of information to the viewer. Today for example, we might notice Papineau's unusual tuft of hair, Lady Wilson or Maun-gua-daus' modes of dress, Mary Ann Shadd Cary's serious look, or the soft focus that lends itself to a romantic gaze.

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Framed photograph of an Aboriginal man in headdress and full costume, posing in a proud stance with his hand resting on an axe, circa 1846-1848

Maun-gua-daus (or Maun-gwa-daus), Chief of the Ojibwa Nation
Possibly England, ca. 1846-1848
Photographer: unknown
PA-125840
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Photograph of Mary Ann Shadd Cary, circa 1845

Canadian teacher, newspaper editor and lawyer Mary Ann Shadd Cary
From a photograph published in a newspaper, ca. 1845
Photographer: unknown
C-029977
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Photograph of Louis-Joseph Papineau in formal dress and a cape, circa 1851

Louis-Joseph Papineau
Unknown location, ca. 1851
Photographer: probably T.C. Doane
C-066899
Source

Photograph of a young woman, Lady Wilson, in a fur coat and hat, date unknown

Lady Wilson
Ottawa, Ontario, unknown date
Photogapher: William James Topley
PA-214482
Source

Annie Henry
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, 1907
Photographer: Howard King
PA-195134
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Photograph of an unknown young woman, date unknown

Portrait of an unidentified woman
Unknown location, unknown date
Photographer: unknown
C-034456
Source