I wish I could take credit for the gorgeous photographs in this post, which were provided by Kristie Cromie, on the right above, co-owner with Liz Sloan, middle, of L Photographie. Also pictured is L Photographie's Kate Hayes, left. You'll notice a huge bump-up in quality and styling on this page, and you may also…
Category: Art & Architecture
Sifting through a photographer’s archives, Part III
Here are more photos from the archives of photographer Martin Schweig showing fashion from the early 20th century. I mentioned in the last post from the archives that Martin's father and grandfather were commissioned to do photography for St. Louis department stores. That's what Martin thinks these beautiful fashion photographs were for. If you are…
Sifting through a photographer’s archives
Recently, Martin Schweig asked if I wanted to sift though boxes of old photographs from the archives of his father, Martin, Sr., and grandfather, Morris Schweig. Martin is the third generation of Schweig photographers to work in St. Louis. He suggested that, on days when I was looking for "filler" to post on the blog,…