titleStudio Portrait of a Japanese Woman; Vancouver BC

 

namePhotograph

 

dateCirca 1934

 

descriptionThe image shows a studio portrait of a woman. The woman is unidentified. Her hair is conservatively tied back. She wears a buttoned-up, white blouse. The woman carries a neutral expression, she has a round face with a pale complexion. Her lips are closed. The photo gives a dramatic, sponge effect from dark to light contrast. The foreground is heavily contrast with dark blots of colour, layering over the bottom portion of the woman's body. The blotting colour effect faints and blends within the background, creating a clear outline of the woman's shape and figure.

 

part ofYano Family collection
number2013.57.2.2.59

 

organisation

 

Nikkei National Museum
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