Untitled

Collections
1418061
Title
Untitled
Year/Period
ca 1910s or 1920s
Region
Indonesia, Java
Dimension
Gross measurement: 10.5 x 15.5 cm,
Image size: 10.6 x 14.9 cm
Accession No.
2020-00165
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee

This outdoor photograph depicts a man and three children standing next to a body of water.With improvements in camera technology, it became possible to take photographs without the assistance of a studio in the first decades of the 20th century. Increasingly, photographs were taken outdoors, or in domestic spaces, rather than in studios. However, amateur photography remained relatively expensive and was limited to the wealthier members of society who could afford to take photographs for pleasure and to document their daily lives.