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September 30, 2008 |
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Painting of George
FOUND by Cara
in Gainesville, Florida
Found in the back of an old night stand I picked up at a thrift store. The back of the photo simply reads "George."
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
This photo is slightly perplexing....is that a gravestone with a giant portrait? Or a poster for sale on the beach? So odd......
Someone's gotta say it ....
Creepy!
creepy
I immediately thought of Stonewall Jackson (minus the signature hat).
Calm down, folks--they took it outside to photograph it in full sun, and leaned it up against something. Looks like it's against one of those decorative "stone" things (read cement) that some people put on either side of the driveway.
The trees in the background look like palms of some sort, so this would be, what--Florida? Might explain the sandy-type soil, which I do not think would be a graveyard.
this is incredibly haunting. i definitely wouldn't have kept that night stand afterward.
I love the perspective, it makes George look HUGE, when in actual fact the camera is on the ground. Makes me want to photoshop in a tiny crowd adoring and wondering over George.
Attention ants, spiders, and other insects! I am your new master! You will worship me as a benevolent overlord!
Hey, get that dog away from me- why is his back leg up in the air like that? Come on now, that's seriously not cool!
Okay, guys, it isn't THAT creepy. Relax.
I thouhght it was a giant statute/poster of Grigory Rasputin!
Definitely NOT "creepy". I really like this image.
Question: is George the guy in the photo, or did this belong to someone else named George? Or is it what Pres. Bush will look like in retirement now that the economy is tanking?
Oh, this is creepy. It so is. I've tried to see it as non-creepy, and that just doesn't happen. It's creepy.
Matzoh ball soup with little hairs in it. That's creepy.
Gefilte fisch. That's creepy.
Non-fat latkes. That's really creepy.
But Rabbi George finally making it to a retirement community in Gainesville, FL on Rosh Hashanah?? OY! That's not creepy.
Mazel tov, George. Shana Tovah.
I love this picture!!!
I wonder why people didn't smile in pictures back in the day....
hmmm
Looks more like Ringo to me.
Looks like he belongs in Daytona.
I wonder if this is a photo of George I taken by George III? They didn't smile because the exposure time with old film was too long to hold a smile and not move.. if they moved the picture would blur, and THAT would be creepy.
Poor George can't find anyone to play in the sandbox with him. Careful! There's a cat coming along to cover you up!
At first I thought it was two pictures, hanging on a line of some sort (two-lined clothes line?) and wondered who or what was on the picture in the back.
Where's George?
Georgie's lookin' a little wall-eyed.
Darkshines, if you get around to your Photoshopping fun, put it up somewhere and post us a link, okay? Sounds hilarious!!
LOL Alan.. Ringo!
Do you guys remember in the original "The Omen" how when a photo was taken of someone and a mysterious line appeared in the photo it indicated that something horrible was going to happen to them? Well, it looks like George is about to get his whiskers trimmed.
George is either Jewish or blind (because that toupee looks TOTALLY unnatural). ;)
I don't think it's creepy. Then again, I haven't seen if George's eyes follow you around the room. When I was little, I used to hide these two pictures in my room behind a desk at night because I was afraid of them. They were looking at me! {shudder}
I really like this photo. It's kind of cool, and a nice choice for Rosh Hashannah.
Shana Tovah everybody!
I had a very old chest that belonged to my great grandma- one of those great metal trunks with all the scrolling...that had a very similar picture shellacked into the top of it. I used to think of it as her dad...
hi great great grandpa george. I dont think you are creepy. But i've heard you were a bit of a curmudgeon...please let grandma dance at her wedding. Thank you.
There was a second photo of the same vintage in the night stand along with this photo. There was a kid in the photo and the back of it reads
'George C Chappell. B (born?) Oct 12, 1883. Jenkinsville, S.C.'
A grandson maybe?
It is a little bit creepy, to me it gives the vibe of a picture that would be in an old haunted house, where you walk around the room and the eyes follow you.
I thought it was two towels hanging on the line. Then I wondered who would want to towel dry their various parts with this creepy face on it. I only like to towel dry my various parts with pleasant looking faces. 'nuf said.
Yes. I'm a facist!
the palm trees in the background make this find indeed un-creepy and highly curious.
is that a zorro slash etched into the photograph?
It is kinda creepy, but it would hvae been really creepy to have seen the person taking this photo. A big ass painting in the sand with a person photographing it. Creepy.
@ Myrna in Greenville -- probably because they had very bad teeth, or no teeth. And they would have to hold the pose a very long time, whether for a photograph or a painting. And if you were having your portrait painted you'd have to be a serious big shot kind of person, so you'd want to look serious for posterity, now wouldn't you?
@ Pastor Z -- no, I don't remember that film, but I do remember a similar horror story called "The Hair" which our Latin master used to read to us at the end of term.
I haven't worked out whether the Zorro slash across his chin is on the painting or on the photograph (I'd guess the latter, as it seems to be slashed across the foreground sandpit too).
Hard to tell just how big the painting is. My first thought was that it's enormous and they had to take it outside to photograph it as there wasn't anywhere big enough indoors with sufficient daylight to photograph it.
I also thought it's propped up against an even bigger one.
Hardly creepy, just intriguing.
(But as I was typing this, someone in the office happened to mention Zorro (the musical): now that IS creepy.)
Maybe someone from the Antiques Roadshow will see this picture and hazard a guess at who the painter and/or sitter might be?
The 'Zoro slash' a few of you noticed is damage to the photo. It was crumpled when I found it. Though maybe the crumple pattern is not a coincidence?
I've gone back and forth on the 'photo of a grave stone' vs 'photo of a painting'.
My mom's an artist and often takes photos of her artwork for insurance purposes. She takes the photos of her art outside because the lighting is better. Flashes give a harshness to the photo.
I am George Almighty and you will obey my every commend... you are getting sleepy...
Boy, it's quiet here today.
Everyone's out at the New Year's parties.
WOW!! I think this is a wonderful FIND! Cara in Gainsville, Florida...
Did you send in the other pic as another FIND? I think you should...
They're *Keepers*!!
I really like this photo. Isn't that another painting behind it?
As someone who has taken many pictures of my art work, and being too lazy to set up a studio shot, I have done this same thing, set a painting against a tree or post, outside in natural light. I always plan to crop out the background later, but usually don't get around to it.
Pastor Z, the original movie "The Omen" is probably the scariest movie I have ever seen! The music!! oooohhhhh.... Scary!
This is George.
He was a good little Ancestor, and always very curious...
L'Shana Tovah to those who celebrate.
The picture...really cool. Not creepy to me. I like that someone took a photo of an old photo outside...George looks like he could have been one of my “Mishpucha."
Very cool! I was thinking: "Uncle George passed on, but we really want to see him at the wedding reception this afternoon. Why not set his portrait outside, so we can see him all day? It will be like he is really with us."
AWE!
Sooo creepy. But, hey who DOESN'T have a creepy picture on the back of a nightstand here and there...
Myrna wondered why people in the old days didn't smile for the camera. In the early days of photography, exposure times could be up to 30 minutes - or more - and the poser had his neck in a clamp to keep from moving or slouching.