In photography it is all about the light. No light, no emotion emanates from the photograph. In time gone by silhouettes, played a big role and still do in all different art forms; profile portraits, movies, graphic design, photography. A person would sit still behind a sheet of fabric, backlit by a light and the artist would cut their profile from a black card. It was in 1759 a Frenchman Etienne de Silhouette enjoyed cutting profile portraits, so much he became renowned with the art form; hence silhouette. It was also the only way prior to photography and cheapest because of high taxes to record a person’s appearance. Some high profile silhouettes of the 18th Century were Jane Austen and Beethoven.
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