Restoring the Photos of Charles Conlon, A Pioneer of Baseball Photography

[T_R_Oglodyte]

Restoring the Photos of Charles Conlon, A Pioneer of Baseball Photography

Charles M. Conlon was an early 20th century American photographer who was among the first to regularly photograph baseball games and players. Although he shot many iconic early photos of the sport, his name was largely unknown until 1990, when 8,000+ of his negatives were found in the archives of Sporting News.

Many of the photos were heavily marked, and the Digital Archive Project at the National Baseball Hall of Fame has been working to restore those images for future generations.

 

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Steve -

Thanks for sharing this link and bringing the story to our attention.

As a young boy I met Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker a few years before they died. Both Hall of Famers. Ty told me to always play hard.


Richard

 

[billymach4]

I find it interesting to see how they managed to manually mask, and crop the photos. Always wondered how that was done back in the day. That one head shot really looks like the player is floating.

 

[T_R_Oglodyte]

I love the picture of Ty Cobb stealing third. Great drama and composition.

Interesting to see that it's a crop. I know that in my photography many of my best shots are crops. It enforces the point to just worry about the basics and get the shot. The scene happens once. The editing is whenever.