19th C. Ambrotype of Striking (and haunting) Man in Half Case kayaker Though its presence doesn't come

Though its presence doesn't come across in photos well

and rather majestic

" makes it all the more intriguing

I really love the form and texture of this contemporary basket

and which I had to hold on to for a bit to enjoy

19th C. Ambrotype of Striking (and haunting) Man in Half Case kayaker Though its presence doesn't comeMy first impression of this ambrotype was to think what a striking looking man, but the more closely I study it, the more he appears as if he might just be devoid of life. Perhaps this is just the effect of that very angular face, and eyes that have been touched with black paint at the centers, such that the windows into his soul are voided! A bit of a strange mouth too, tinted pink, and looking as if just closed around a canary. I find him, and the