I was given some photographs of old relatives that were found in a box in my great-grandfather's house after he passed away. All but one photo is someone I can identify. I have no information on that one photo, which is of an old woman standing on a path in front of a farmhouse. I'd like to at least get an idea of the era so I can begin narrowing down the identify of the woman.
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posted by lbo
on Mar 13, 2013 -
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Lets say I found an amazing macro photograph of a flower or of an old building and I wanted to do a very detailed graphite drawing of the photo. Am I able to claim this drawing as 'my' artwork? Can I use it in a painting to sell? Does the photographer need to be credited? Do I need permission in the first place to use the photo as reference or should I just avoid all the potential hassle and take my own darned photographs for reference from which to draw?
posted by tenaciousmoon
on Feb 24, 2013 -
9 answers
Someone mentioned to my mother that a photo in this week's (2/22) edition of The Week magazine is likely me. The article is about people using computers and smartphones on airplanes and is called, I think, 'Please turn off your electronic devices' (p. 11).
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posted by yellowcandy
on Feb 18, 2013 -
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How/why is my Facebook profile pic turning up on emails I send from my Gmail account to Hotmail/Outlook?
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posted by crossoverman
on Dec 7, 2012 -
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Narcissism filter: I love looking at pictures of me and my loved ones. I'd like to have more photos of my family up in the house but there are some snowflakey, silly issues...
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posted by PuppetMcSockerson
on Nov 22, 2012 -
26 answers
Help me find a photograph from the seventies or eighties of a space-suit-clad person climbing a martian mountain.
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posted by Omon Ra
on Aug 19, 2012 -
5 answers
Two Asian restaurants near my house - I think the owners are Cambodian, but I'm not quite sure - recently hung in their dining rooms huge, glossy photographs of a very young girl, maybe 5 or 6 years old, dressed in elaborate royal regalia and wearing heavy makeup. It's very striking (and a wee bit creepy.) Who is this girl?
posted by moammargaret
on Jul 21, 2012 -
7 answers
Let's play find-a-photo! Last year, I saw a link to an old-timey black and white photograph of 3 figures, perhaps on a hill or some other outdoor place. One man was wearing a monkey mask, another (I believe) a wolf mask, and a woman had an enormous black veil that obscured her face. They were all in fancy dress. I believe it was an old photo, not a new photo made to appear that way. It was sort of creepy.
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posted by dysh
on Jun 26, 2012 -
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What is the source of this photograph? NSFW.
Link. Thanks!
posted by ckk88
on May 7, 2012 -
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Help me find black and white vintage photographs or old paintings that feature at least one person and at least one cat.
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posted by MaryDellamorte
on May 2, 2012 -
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After the terrorist events of Sept. 11, 2001, I remember seeing a photo of Disney World being evacuated. I've since not been able to find it, but would love to find it again.
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posted by lea724
on Mar 20, 2012 -
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At univerisity in the 90s there was a book in the library which featured (as far as I recall) a man in a darkened room with electricity being passed through him sentried on either side by men in white coats (not an electric chair). The caption was "Odyssey of Pain". I have a feeling it was from a LIFE Magazine collection -- it suited their style -- but I was hoping someone might be able to confirm I've not been imagining it all these years.
posted by feelinglistless
on Feb 18, 2012 -
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This photograph is gorgeous! I would like to know the photographer, and where I can buy a high quality print. I checked TinEye, but didn't see anything that wasn't just imagedumps on sketchy-looking sites...
posted by snowleopard
on Dec 3, 2011 -
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I do video. I obsessively read lens reviews on photography sites that tend to criticize certain lenses for being soft. Does the lower resolution of the video output (1920x1080) lessen the issues of softer focus that is so troubling on higher resolution stills (e.g., sixteen megapixels and above)
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posted by history is a weapon
on Oct 11, 2011 -
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What's the story behind
this odd photo? It appears to be from about the early 1960s. Men and women are gathered at the end of a table with various interesting expressions on their faces. A bare pair of mans legs lies on the table, but the remainder of the body (if any) is out of frame.
posted by exogenous
on Sep 9, 2011 -
12 answers
I'd really like to be able to set up a corner in my basement to use as a little photography studio. Can you give me some advice as to what's needed?
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posted by iconomy
on Jan 12, 2011 -
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I've got a 65 Gb collection of photos on a NAS drive, and two users on two PCs. How do I manage it effectively?
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posted by almostwitty
on Jan 9, 2011 -
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iCant be alone with this auto-rotation EXIF issue in iPhoto but how do iFix it?
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posted by arniec
on Dec 14, 2010 -
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I found
this framed vintage image of a lightly dressed woman at an antique store in southern Colorado. Disassembling the frame, I noticed that the image seems to have been printed on paperboard, and it may be one portion trimmed from a larger poster. It's a monochrome image with limited use of color -- the yellow of her garments, the pink of her cheeks, the light blue cast to the background. TinEye was not helpful. I am hoping some MeFite who recognizes the woman or the image can tell me who she is or where the picture comes from. Failing that, some general guesses on the picture’s vintage or provenance would be welcome.
posted by Joey Bagels
on Nov 29, 2010 -
13 answers
On this
bong gift set I can tell the top picture is Che but I can't figure out (with tineye's and google's help) if the bottom man is smiling Che or someone else ... any ideas?
posted by saucysault
on Nov 27, 2010 -
6 answers
Can you identify this picture from my vague recollection of it? In 1988 or '89 I bought a small poster (no larger than 3' x 2') featuring a black-and-white photograph of a woman lying on a bed, smoking a cigarette.
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posted by misteraitch
on Sep 11, 2010 -
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Does anyone know anything about
this photograph? I came across it on a stranger's Tumblr site and it's completely unattributed, and no amount of Googling has turned up even a clue as to where it's from. Looks like it's out of a book (page number in the bottom right), but beyond that, I got nothin'. I'm totally intrigued by it. (Note: I've already emailed the blog owner via their Tumblr site, so please don't email them again; I don't want to harass them...) Thanks!
posted by Malisams
on Sep 7, 2010 -
19 answers
I remember seeing a photograph of a young girl, perhaps 3 or 4 years old, walking a lion on a chain leash. I saw this in a book on Surrealism at a book fair in Avignon, France. Can you help me find the picture again and identify its creator?
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posted by HE Amb. T. S. L. DuVal
on Jul 25, 2010 -
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What (free) blog platform should I use for a collaborative photography project? I want the photographs to be side by side in two columns.
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posted by maca
on Jul 13, 2010 -
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Do you have the book, "The Other End of the Leash (Why We Do What We Do Around Dogs)" by Patricia McConnell? Can you look in or on your book and see if there is a photo credit for the
cover photograph?
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posted by taz
on Jun 20, 2010 -
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I bought
this photo at a yard sale today. The woman who sold it to me had no idea who the people in it are. She said she'd had the photo since 1960. It's clearly a lot older than that. What, if anything, can you tell me about it?
posted by grumblebee
on Jun 19, 2010 -
61 answers
Looking to ID an old B&W photograph based on a description of it. A dark-haired woman napping on a bed in daytime, with a baby beside her.
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posted by xo
on Apr 20, 2010 -
5 answers
I've been trying to find the source of this
photo, off and on, for months. Reverse image search through tineye.com gives no results. Anyone recognize it? If so, what's the story behind it?
posted by seventyfour
on Jan 28, 2010 -
6 answers
