An aging commander stands amidst jagged, tilting ruins, his WWI uniform merging with the pitch-black shadows. Captured on orthochromatic nitrate film, the crushed contrast and unsettling asymmetry evoke the dawn of German Expressionism. The uncoated Zeiss lens softens the harsh, claustrophobic geometry.
From NeuraScene's ontology
- Era: 1890s-1910s
- Genre: German Expressionism (photograph)
- Captured on: Parvo Type L, Uncoated Zeiss Tessar, Orthochromatic B&W Nitrate Film
- Wardrobe: WWI Uniforms
- Look: Aesthetic: Vintage · Composition: Unsettlingly Asymmetric · Contrast: crushed
Each image in this gallery is set in a world drawn at random from NeuraScene's ontology of eras and genres, and made with the cameras, lenses, film stocks and artistic media that genre really used.