Man dressing, 1890s

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Photographic portraiture is a performance. How do you present yourself to the camera? This man takes that understanding to its logical conclusion, performing the act of getting ready to face the day.

Patinador, década de 1880

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Estos fotógrafos han rayado círculos en el piso del estudio para hacer más vívido el patinaje fingido de este hombre adornado con medallas. El telón de fondo, que muestra uno de los palacios de hielo que fueron el centro del Carnaval de Invierno de Saint Paul a partir de mediados de la década de 1880, aporta un sentido de tiempo y lugar.

Skater, 1880s

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These photographers have scratched circles in the studio floor to make this medal-bedecked man’s feigned skating more vivid. The backdrop, showing one of the ice palaces that provided the centerpiece of the Saint Paul Winter Carnival beginning in the mid-1880s, adds a sense of time and place.