1910 – A young man sits at the table and reads a book. Scan © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com
The story behind the image
Earlier today I shared a photo from 1910 from our family archive. In the same folder I found this photo, showing a young man of maybe 18 years as he reads a book at a table. This image has been taken in the same location as the other one, however the photographer has rearranged the furniture. (He kept the big painting, though, which is a giveaway on the location.)
This image also challenged my editing skills as the original print is in a terrible condition. It has faded a lot. There are many color stains and countless little specks all over the print. The exposure was much better than in the other photo, though. I’ve restored the image to come as closely as possible to the (perceived) intent of the photographer. Today, it’s a pretty cool 42 Megapixel image that can hopefully survive the next centuries, somewhere.
In case you are wondering how the print looked before the editing – here’s the calibrated scan:
The high resolution image
| Capture Date | 1910 |
| Image Source | 12 x 16.5 cm black & white print |
| Digital Image Source | EPSON Perfection 4870 Photo |
| Digital Image Source Format | TIFF, 48 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Format | JPEG, 24 bits/pixel, sRGB |
| Edited Image Dimensions | 7713 x 5531 Pixels |
| Copyright | Scan © by Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com |
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