Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: SELDOW, Michel
Event Date: n.d.
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.004862

Inscriptions:
mount verso, [no inscription]; mount recto, stamped: 4638-26; handwritten: Belgium / ou 75 / [illeg.] / Loy; typed on label [obscured]: Please W.SELDOW; typed on label: xxx 11. This man, who once was in the diplomatic service, would not have his picture taken / at any price. He said that the camera tore his heart and lungs out of his body. He knew / that his objection was perfectly silly, but this was the way he f et [sic.] about it. By and by, / he consented, however, and had not only his picture taken, but also ---; stamped: Credit: [star shape]; handwritten: Seldow; stamped: from BLACK STAR / GRAYBAR BUILDING NEW YORK

Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: BELGIUM / WELFARE
Retouching: N