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| Keywords: Fred C Palmer Swindon portrait 037.jpg 1930s postcard photo of Sunday school teachers at Church of Christ Broad Street Swindon Wiltshire England The photographer was Fred C Palmer of Tower Studio Herne Bay Kent ca 1905-1916 and of 6 Cromwell Street Swindon ca 1920-1936 He is believed to have died 1936-1939 ;Points of interest Palmer has arranged the group so carefully by height and sex for a visually balanced image Palmer's technique for deciding the moment for taking the photograph appears to be concentrated always on one group member It is possible that he waited for that person's face to take an ideal pose or he instructed them to move into a classic portrait position The example here is the elderly gentleman at front left a classic portrait of an individual in itself Editing The remaining border of the first upload of this image is important for researchers of this photographer Some photographers trimmed their images more than others and Palmer has a reputation for producing smaller postcards than other early 20th century UK photographers He took his own photos developed them in-house onto postcard-backed photographic paper and trimmed them himself It is worth adding that during hand-developing the border is actively masked with equipment which both crops the picture and causes the white frame or border to appear on the paper This frame is part of the design and is one of the reasons why the quality of Palmer's work is so interesting and why there is an article and category for him on English Wiki Researchers need to see exactly where the edge of the postcard is Thank you for taking the time to read this http //www flickr com/photos/swindonlocal/5780239517/ s 1930 Fred C Palmer died 1936-1939 out of copyright PD-art-70 Fred C Palmer of Swindon Group portraits with 16 persons 20th-century group portrait photographs Group portraits in 2 rows | ||||
