Zamsky Studio. Philadelphia. Studio portrait. Private Collection.
Well, apart from saying just how obviously photogenic this sitter is…This portrait is a 5″x7″ in a 7″x10″ matte with flaps…but the mailman violently (yes, I’ll say violently) shoved it into my mailbox and bent it at a 90 degree angle. The seller never put a “Do Not Bend” warning on the envelope. I was, to put it mildly, fuming! But after some reshaping the crease isn’t so apparent and a little photoshop helped too. But…I’m still reeling.
Vintage pictures that managed to survive decades if not more, suddenly damaged in shipping? I can’t even…
But, I’ll calm down.
I wish this sitter was IDed. Pretty, wasn’t he? And as such he earned a spot in this collection. The 50s was such a wonderful yet deeply flawed decade, but its fashion aesthetics are still timelessly elegant. I need to live in a parallel universe with today’s technology, civil rights and back then’s style. :)
Photographer: Zamsky. Philadelphia.
Bowlers And High Collars 
November 7th, 2015 at 8:14 pm
I can understand your frustration, I’ve been lucky so far and it has only happened a couple of times but I agree it does leave one fuming. One real cause for expletives, which isn’t the postie’s fault but when the envelopes has been saturated with rain and the card hasn’t been protected with a plastic folder. Great picture though, he could have been a film actor.
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November 7th, 2015 at 8:18 pm
Oh no! Soaked is even worse! This id how I found out. Went on eBay, found out it got delivered…rainy day and no knock on the door. I already knew. I cursed out loud at the mailbox. Lol.
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November 7th, 2015 at 10:01 pm
Yes, a very pretty boy! I have had similar experiences with my post person and the bending of very clearly labelled ‘do not bend ‘ articles. I fume too! After numerous complaints to the post office, it seems that the problem has been fixed. I hope you invented your fury with somebody at your local PO.
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November 8th, 2015 at 10:44 pm
It was a rainy day and the mailman got lazy! :( It happens to everyone sometimes it seems.
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November 9th, 2015 at 3:46 pm
Unfortunately, yes!
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November 7th, 2015 at 10:01 pm
Vented not invented. Damn that AutoCorrect!
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