Blanche Thebom - American opera singer, known for her long hair
Cabinet Cards / Storydress II
Storydress II is a series ofphotographs of a life-size paper mache and
plaster sculpture. The dress is made of paper mache stories that I
recorded of my great-grandmother’s autobiographical
reminiscences. Each photograph contains legible words. The
sculpture was photographed with the wet-plate collodion negative
process, printed on handmade gold-toned Albumen paper, and
burnished onto antique Cabinet Card mounts. For exhibition the
cabinet card photographs are displayed using an antique wooden
Graphoscope (magnifying device) and shelf.
