Hey all,
I just wanted to share this really great blog with you. Described as “Where early photography meets extreme hotness” My Daguerreotype Boyfriend has a huge variety of images. Although it is, on the surface just a fun website, a lot of what we have been discussing in our course about race, class, and portraiture is evident in the images. These images also represent a huge span of time so it is possible to see some of the changing techniques in portraiture as well.
Check out this jaunty fellow:
Victorian Visual Culture 
I find it interesting that we have been talking about the male gaze, even calling it creepy and we are now gazing at nice looking Victorian men!
By: Laura Gross Smith on December 4, 2012
at 1:33 pm
A former student just sent me this link on Facebook. Incredible and hysterical.
By: amartinmhc on December 5, 2012
at 10:51 pm
Laura you are so right! I was thinking about putting a disclaimer that it was heteronormative viewing only! Maybe we should start a sexy Victorian lady blog!
By: thedawsonrewatch on December 6, 2012
at 5:06 pm
I found this site a while ago and saw a post on it about problems the blog was having with people photoshopping the original images to make the men more attractive, or just different-looking. I thought this was interesting, since it brings up ideas about authenticity of the images (as Benjamin would say, the “aura” is preserved since the process doesn’t allow for duplicates).
By: emilywmurphy on December 11, 2012
at 11:04 pm