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| Keywords: Fred C Palmer portrait of sportsman.jpg Portrait photo of a young sportsman at Swindon Wiltshire England in the 1920s or 30s The badge represents the Army Physical Training Corps The sub-captain rank possibly indicates that he is a footballer From a postcard deposited at Swindon Record Office and scanned and uploaded by them to Flickr The photographer was Fred C Palmer of Tower Studio Herne Bay Kent ca 1905-1920 and of 6 Cromwell Street Swindon ca 1920-1936 He is believed to have died 1936-1939 ;Points of interest The glossy hair-oil the clean vest singlet in US and the pose with folded arms were the norm for sports portraits in the 1920s-1930s era The artistic technique of finding beauty in irregularity of shape was part of a very modern style typified in Picasso's blue period So the style of the portrait would indicate that Palmer was aware of current artistic movements and ideas This young man is not the most handsome subject but Palmer has made a strikingly beautiful work of art Editing Border The remaining border of this image is important for researchers of this photographer Some photographers trimmed their images more than others and Palmer has a reputation for producing smaller postcards than other early 20th century UK photographers He took his own photos developed them in-house onto postcard-backed photographic paper and trimmed them himself It is worth adding that during hand-developing the border is actively masked with equipment which both crops the picture and causes the white frame or border to appear on the paper This frame is part of the design and is one of the reasons why the quality of Palmer's work is so interesting and why there is an article and category for him on English Wiki Researchers need to see exactly where the edge of the postcard is In the case of this picture we don't have all of the border in shot but we need to keep what remains to appreciate the composition and the effect that the photographer wanted Thank you for taking the time to read this Contrast This is an unedited scan of an original artwork in which the existing contrast is part of the composition Please kindly consider uploading any edited versions as separate files Thank you http //www flickr com/photos/swindonlocal/5539643044/ 1920-1930s Fred C Palmer died 1936-1939 out of copyright Blue version edited by uploader File Fred C Palmer Swindon sportsman blue jpg<br/>Cropped blue version head and shoulders edited by uploader File Fred C Palmer Swindon head of sportsman blue jpg PD-art-70 Fred C Palmer of Swindon Portrait photographs of men Male sportspeople People of the British Army | ||||
