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The man who wants to show that he is not indifferent to the woman, removing or drawing it, always represents not the concrete person, and a symbol. Women-about the same story, but men-all much more interesting and made incredible characters constantly obtained. Man, for some reason, always shows the symbol of not only incredible beauty and Holiness. Purity and innocence. And often-and the image of the virgin. Combining this symbol and the image of Holiness and image of the person – the image of the mother. And especially it is clearly seen in the photo portraits. From the very first female photo portrait.
It was made by John William Draper (1811 - 1882) - one of the pioneers of photography. There is little talk and little writing about him, and if there is writing, it is that he made the first astrophotography by taking the first photo of the moon.
Or that he was working to improve Louis Daguerre's trial. Or there are descriptions of how in 1839, on trials of new shooting processes, he photographed his assistant, whose face was covered with flour to increase contrast at an exposure of 65 seconds.
Although, you should agree, you should not start with this. Namely, with the first female portrait, which he took in 1840, using as a model his sister Dorothy Catherine Draper.
And, as you can see, he took a portrait of St. Mary.
