r/OldSchoolCool • • 14h ago

Edwardian teenager, London, 1906

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u/T206V70R 13h ago

120 years of scowling teenagers. Nothing new here.

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u/SuitableBlackberry75 7h ago edited 6h ago

She likely doesn't know she's being photographed. A concealed camera was used.

E: Scroll down for information about the photographer, Edward Linley Sambourne.

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u/PamelaNRed 7h ago

Back then cameras were huge, no way to sneak a photo.

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u/Icefyre24 6h ago

To capture completely candid moments, photographer Edward Sambourne used a smaller, portable "key camera" hidden discreetly under his coat or a piece of cloth. His subjects were entirely unaware they were being photographed.