Saturday 30 January 2021

The Swedish yacht Stormen (1919)

 The Koster style boat Stormen (Storm) photographed by A. Clason in 1919 on the western coast of Sweden. My colorization of the original image in the SCIF.se archive.  She had just been a winner in a local regatta.




Monday 25 January 2021

Portrait of a Samoan girl

 Portrait of a Samoan girl (1890 - 1910). My restoration and colorization of the original image by Thomas Andrew in the Museum of New Zealand archive. The girl is wearing an elaborate traditional Lavalava (also known as an 'ie, short for 'ie lavalava, an article of daily clothing traditionally worn by Polynesians and other Oceanic peoples) made of Polynesian barkcloth.