An undated CdV photo shows a young lady in a photo studio in Eutin, Germany. Photo: Alb. Giesler
The story behind the image
First of all – I don’t know the lady on this photo, and it’ll be difficult to find out who she was because there is no trace whatsoever to her name.
So why the photo then? Well, first and foremost, because it’s been captured by Alb. Giesler, official photographer of the Oldenburg Court in Eutin in Germany (and there is a faint relationship of Giesler to my family that goes back to the 17th century.)
And then I have to admit that I really like this lady and her portrait. Shot around 1910, Giesler already had expanded his business beyond traditional CdV photos, which were a mass job (and similar to passport photography today.) Not only had he captured beautiful landscapes but also horses (and their riders), architecture and even press photos. In his studio, he had begun posing his customers. New formats like the ‘slim cabinet photo’ (circa 7.5 x 17 cm) enabled him to shoot the popular 3/4 body frame like this photo. This was more expensive for sure but showed much more details that the traditional CdV prints.
The size of the original photo enables high-end scans at 2400 dpi resulting in a whopping 98 Megapixel image, which is suitable for very large prints.
Design ideas
The high resolution image
| Capture Date | c. 1910 |
| Photographer | Alb. Giesler |
| Location | Eutin, Germany |
| Image Source | 7.4 x 14.9 cm Cabinet Photo |
| 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 | 6959 x 14048 Pixels |
| Copyright | © Mark Zanzig/zanzig.com/Photo: Alb. Giesler |
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