David Kastoryano commented on David Kastoryano's blog post George Eastmans Partner - William Hall Walker
"Hello Michael. I have found corroborative evidence not only for the location but for the possible date proffered. You are right it is difficult to identify these beach wet plates but they are full of incredible detail and some surprises. To the…"
Tuesday
David Kastoryano commented on Michael Pritchard's blog post In passing: Stephen Herbert (1951-2023)
"Sad news. We exchanged a few words and I found Stephen at all times a most pleasant man and an absolute expert in his field."
Monday
David Kastoryano commented on David Kastoryano's blog post George Eastmans Partner - William Hall Walker
"Hello Michael and Robert,
I did the identification of the subjects and the identification of venue and the likely date of it's execution.
All  images bearing the mark KASTORYANO ORIGINAL are identifications of sitters, subjects and/or places by me…"
Monday
David Kastoryano commented on Meir Berk's blog post 1850-1860's Welsh? Photo Album
"Looking at the family picture of two males and three females dressed in Welsh costume it is apparent from Welsh census data there is a match for their sex and apparent ages in Johns family. See below:

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Sep 23
David Kastoryano posted a blog post
This is a found UK wet plate collodion. It is a beach momento and like all such photgraphs an informal - for the time - snapshot in time. This is a fine example of 1880's black tent and wet chemical beach photography. It is the photographic…
Sep 22
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Sep 22
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Sep 22
David Kastoryano commented on Meir Berk's blog post 1850-1860's Welsh? Photo Album
"This one image of the photographer as sitter is identifiable as a pioneer of photography in Wales:"
Sep 20