https://coveringphotography.bc.edu/files/original/3/6750/Batut-Stevenson72Box10.jpg 63b6c12b935cb5376b5c23418260ec77 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Covering Photography Main Collection Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Photographer Photographer Batut, Arthur Author Author of the book upon which the photograph appears Stevenson, Robert Louis Book Genre Stories Photograph Title Title of photograph Members of the family of Arthur Batut 1886 (large detail) Photo Genre Genre of Photograph Manipulated (multiple exposure printing) Designer Designer of book cover Not listed Notes Notes associated with the item Arthur Batut, one of photography's pioneer practitioners (particularly aerial photography), produced this composite portrait of his family by carefully layering the exposures of each individual member. I'm not sure whether this was done in-camera (on the film) or later on, in the printing process. Either way, it was <span style="font-size: 14.000001px;">no mean </span>technical accomplishment for the time, and presupposes a deep understanding of the possibilities and limitations of the new medium.<br />The result is a ghostlike image of a face in transformation, which, coupled with the period clothing, makes it a compelling visual metaphor for the main character - or should I say <em>characters</em> - in Robert Louis Stevenson's famous tale.<br /><br />Curiosly, Batut's photo calls to mind Alvin Langdon Coburn's <a href="https://www.wikiart.org/en/alvin-langdon-coburn/vortograph-of-ezra-pound-1917">Vortograph of the poet Ezra Pound</a>, made 30 years later.<br /><br />To view a book cover with Coburn's Vortograph, click <a href="https://coveringphotography.bc.edu/items/show/5048"><em>here</em></a>. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Penguin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2003