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The Gates of Hell
I know that we’re basking in the dog days of summer, but Halloween is just around the corner! With October 31st in mind, I decided to take a spooky shot and see what I could do to push it a … Continue reading
Live and in Poison
More whacky illustrative hi-jinx with my new favorite vector program Affinity Designer.
Posted in Illustration, Sketch, Stuff Joe Likes, Technique
Tagged Affinity Designer, Cartoon, cartoons, crossbones, digital illustration, Illustration, Joe Williams, poison, pun, skull, USA, vector, Willceau
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Sharing a Cup
Ella and John Capewell share a cup while on a jaunt out-of-doors some time early in the twentieth century.
A Memorial or a Graveyard or Both
It’s been busy lately and I’m finding myself shoveling against the tide of time so I picked this glass negative by John Capewell to run this week without the foggiest clue as to what I’m running. I didn’t have a … Continue reading
Child of the Corn
Yes, I know I’ve gotten plenty of mileage out of the Children of the Corn joke, but it’s almost Halloween and photographer John Capewell used this field of corn as a backdrop for a number of his photographs.
Posted in The Capewell Glass Negative Collection
Tagged analog, antique photograph, baby, Children of the Corn, corn, early 20th Century, glass negative, Halloween, Joe Williams, John B Capewell, New Jersey, photography, The Capewell Glass Negative Collection, USA, vintage, Westville, Willceau
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Blue Baby
This looks to be a photograph of John B. Capewell’s eldest son, John, Jr. The negative is a little worst for wear, and it had turned a yellow brown which when inverted in Photoshop, turns an interesting blue.
On the Rocks
Here’s another of John Capewell’s glass negatives that I thought I had previously published, but I guess I haven’t. It looks to be John’s brother James George Capewell perched upon the rocks up at what I assume is Niagara Falls.


