For the past few years, I have been researching stickybacks together with Róman Kienjet. The research has resulted in an exhibition and booklet on stickybacks in the Netherlands. This exhibition was shown last year at the Nederlands Fotomuseum in Rotterdam.

Now I have conceived the plan to make a European exhibition on stickybacks, which includes all the countries of the time. So I am looking for stickybacks from whole over Europe. I found the "easy-to-find-collectors' through google, but know I am looking for more people who have stickybacks in their collection.

For people who are not familiar with the term stickybacks;

'Stickybacks' - also called American Automatic Photo, snelfotografie (Dutch) and Leimrücken (Germany) are small (size passport) photos from roughly the 1910s. Usually they are single portraits, but there are also double-sized photos with multiple people. Stickyback can be recognizable by the photographed bar with the address and/or name of the photographer above the head of the subjects. And on the bar a number that could be changed.

If you have stickybacks or want to now more please contact me!

*You can find more about the Dutch stickyback exhibition and book on my website; https://dirkkome.nl/snelfotografie-de-rage-van-1912-tot-1925/