February 11, 2011

I, too, was once a king.

I am transfixed with this picture like I have never been before. (via)

posted by in how to, humans, photographs | * | 9 comments 

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  1. Molly on February 11th, 2011 at 1:22 am

    This photo has been floating around tumblr for a while, and I would love to find out who the photographer or the models are. I’ve been unsuccessful in my search so far.

  2. Andrew Simone on February 11th, 2011 at 1:36 am

    You and I both, Molly.

  3. Molly on February 11th, 2011 at 2:47 am

    After more sleuthing, I did turn this up.

  4. Sheila Ryan on February 11th, 2011 at 7:06 am

    Following up on clues courtesy of Molly, I’m guessing that studying up on the house Sayn-Wittgenstein and the princely family might yield more information.

  5. Sheila Ryan on February 11th, 2011 at 7:12 am

    A guess: the photograph was taken by Princess Marianne Fürstin zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn and the boy is her eldest son, Alexander.

  6. Luke Neff on February 11th, 2011 at 8:35 am

    This reminds me a little bit of Sally Mann’s Candy Cigarette

  7. Daryl Scroggins on February 11th, 2011 at 9:09 am

    I was imagining a young F. Scott Fitzgerald.

    Wouldn’t this make an intriguing story: to re-tell Gatsby from the perspective of children neglected by the adult revelers.

  8. Sheila Ryan on February 11th, 2011 at 9:21 am

    That’s a splendid idea, Daryl.

  9. Luke Neff on February 11th, 2011 at 9:34 am

    Daryl, I just dragged and dropped this into my Gatsby teacher folder. Thank you. Fantastic.

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