"In almost every picture #7" -- Unusual self-portrait series

<p>I found this quite fascinating...a photographic recording of the passage of time for one person, from an unusual perspective.</p>

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<blockquote><em>In almost every picture #7</em> tells the story of a Dutch woman whose life is seen from the point of view of a fairground shooting gallery.

<p >The chronological series begins in 1936, when a 16-year-old girl from Tilburg in Holland picks up a gun and shoots at the target in a shooting gallery. Every time she hits the target, it triggers the shutter of a camera and a portrait of the girl in firing pose is taken and given as a prize.</p>

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<p>Yes, Steve, this is fascinating. I very much enjoyed viewing the pictures. Thanks for sharing.</p>

<p>I love those pictures.</p>

<p>I agree, how interesting...</p>

Thanks, Steve. "Fascinating" hardly describes it. The photos, the woman's commitment to these self-portraits (sort of) over

years and years makes me want to know more about her, her life.

 

--Sally

<p>Sally I agree! I want to know more about her. Thanks for sharing this.</p>

<p>Thank you indeed, Steve. The whole notion is quite interesting, and utterly fascinating.<br>

I don't remember exactly where I saw it, but I believe it was in the BBC/Open University series "James May's Big Ideas", in which May had a camera, which took a picture every ten seconds (or was it every minute? I forget), hanging around his neck, like a necklace or a purse, for a weekend, thus creating a picture diary of sorts. I know it is the other way around in this case, the camera recording the Dutch woman, not her surroundings, but still... somewhat related the two ideas are, and I find them both quite interesting.</p>

<p>Who could have kept such a consistent diary over 70 years? The shooting galleries I know of go out of business every other year.</p>