Memories made of glass by El Andy

11 years ago over 1000 glass plate negatives were found hidden behind a wall in the attic of an old house in Debica, Poland. The negatives turned out to be portraits of locals taken by Stefania Gurdowa, a photographer who ran a photography workshop in Debica between 1921 and 1937.

When Stefania died in 1968 her apartment was cleaned out and most of her work was lost — except the glass plate negatives, protected behind the wall.

You can read more about Stefania Gurdowa and see more of her photos at lensculture.com.

[Hace once años más de 1000 negativos fotográficos en placa de vidrio fueron encontrados detrás de una pared en el ático de una vieja casa en Debica, Polonia. Resultó que los negativos eran retratos de los vecinos y fueron tomados por Stefania Gurdowa, fotógrafa propietaria de un estudio fotográfico en dicha ciudad entre los años 1921 y 1937.

Cuando Stefania murió en 1968 su departamento fue desalojado y la mayoría de su trabajo se perdió--- excepto por los negativos, protegidos detrás de la pared.

Puedes leer mas sobre Stefania Gurdowa y ver mas fotos en lensculture.com.]


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13 Comments

  1. Posted by freeteyme, on 17 July, 2009

    haunting pictures – their eyes are almost piercing… Happy Friday!

  2. Posted by Bere Tarde o temprano, on 17 July, 2009

    Many of them have the same kind of ears. I bet they were relatives

  3. Posted by ana, on 17 July, 2009

    Que interesante historia!!! adoro estas fotografías de retratos antigüos!

  4. Posted by Dianishhh, on 17 July, 2009

    oh muy interesante historia me han encantado las fotos, simplemente geniales! amo las fotos antigûas

  5. Posted by lisa, on 17 July, 2009

    Incredibly haunting…such somber expressions.

  6. Posted by Simone, on 17 July, 2009

    Wow, amazing discovery! I liked specially the pair of pictures of the guy kind of smiling and, beside, the man with the eyepatch. I think I’ve never seen an eyepatch for real!

  7. Posted by la couturier, on 17 July, 2009

    Wow! How interesting!

    bisous,
    La C.

  8. Posted by key, on 17 July, 2009

    wow, me encantan!
    la de la nina con el collar d eperlas es hhemosa :D

    besos

  9. Posted by Sherin, on 17 July, 2009

    Thats remarkable. Its so interesting to see old photos.

  10. Posted by Deborah, on 18 July, 2009

    Hola Bere!! Ya he vuelto por fin!!! Me encanta el trabajo de esta fotógrafa. Tienes un gran interés por el mundillo del arte y el diseño eh!!! La historia me parece espectacular. Muchos besitos!!!

    http://www.elgatodelatazadete.com

  11. Posted by DCodyregión 4, on 18 July, 2009

    Esa fue una historia muy linda y q buenas fotos!!! Te rayaste Bere :)

  12. Posted by KIRAFASHION, on 19 July, 2009

    So retro!!

  13. Posted by andreas, on 20 July, 2009

    me neither. pretty damn bad-ass, though. In my imagination he lost an eye in the war doing some heroic stuff.

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