Concubines With Cameras

[sunshine51]

While sitting on a Capture One upgrade download I stumbled

upon a website that caught my eyes and soon I was immersed

in early 20th Century Thailand. Included in my immersion was

a Princess along with a Consort-Concubine with a camera.

Sound strange? When I saw the websites title it was a must

view for me...and then...I spent a long time there.

I hope other posters on the Photography threads manage to

spend some time there too.

"WHO is the woman in this early 20th-century Siamese photograph? Is the scene

a tableau taken in an elite woman’s toilette, as one source suggests? Where and

when was this image captured, and by whom? What do we make of her style of

dress, the dressing table, and her amazingly long hair? The answers to these

questions provide not only a rare glimpse inside the rarefied atmosphere of the

Siamese king’s harem on the cusp of the twentieth century, and the lives of the

women who lived there, but also new insights into the social and historical

significance of elite photography in Bangkok at the turn of the twentieth century."

Here's the link to the site...enjoy....

http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.7977573.0002.202

NB...Edit to add a better link

Edited August 23, 2014 by sunshine51

[rhythmworx]

The one in the kitchen with bowls under the tables is interesting.

Maybe to stop the underneath of the teak legs from getting scratched?

[Tywais]

The one in the kitchen with bowls under the tables is interesting.

Maybe to stop the underneath of the teak legs from getting scratched?

Keep ants/insects from getting to the table top.

[sunshine51]

The bowls and or cups will have water in them as a barrier.

We do this at home...works well & cheap.