Who are these handsome lads and lasses? Who indeed!
We may not know who they are or what they did but they have one thing in common for certain - they were all photographed at W. W. Winter Photographer's in Derby, on quarter plate glass negatives, most likely in the late 1940's.
How do we know?
There's a rather fabulous project going on at W. W. Winter's at the moment. We have our very own Artist in Residence. Debbie Adele Cooper has been combing our archive, delicately scanning these old glass negatives to reveal a myriad wonderful faces. Her research has taken her back through traditional darkroom printing and now onto vintage photography techniques.
Get involved and have your photo taken!
The rediscovery of these lost faces reminds us of our personal histories and the traces we leave... perhaps the above sitters had families in Derby. Maybe their offspring are living here today.
Do you look like one of the people in the portraits that Debbie has revealed? Then she wants to hear from you now!
You don't have to be related to the people in the pictures, just have a resemblance to the original, and a link to Derby yourself.
Take a look at the DerbyAnon website - new images are still being added.
Follow the project on Twitter and Instagram via @archive_artist
Contact Debbie via email through info@debbiecooper.org
We look forward to seeing you in the studio and finding out whose face you fit!
