![Image of British soldiers Gordon James Clark and Norman Hill relax on the deck of USS Block Island. The U.S. Pacific Fleet liberated them from a Japanese prison camp on Formosa [Taiwan].](/media/images/Image_Folder_04/P2019.21.870.jpg)
United States Navy Photographer
British soldiers Gordon James Clark and Norman Hill relax on the deck of USS Block Island. The U.S. Pacific Fleet liberated them from a Japanese prison camp on Formosa [Taiwan]., September 1945
Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print on paper
7 9/16 x 9 3/8 in. (19.21 x 23.81 cm)
Creation Place:
Asia, American
Technique:
Photography
Credit Line:
Restricted Gift of Michael Mattis, Judy Hochberg, and Daniel Mattis, in honor of Kathleen Stewart Howe
Accession Number:
P2019.21.870
Commentary
Gordon James Clark (left), corporal of the Royal Artillery of Ipswich, Suffolk, England, and Norman Hill, gunner, Royal Artillery of Hendesbury, Staffordshire, England were walking skeletons when a mercy unit of the United States Pacific Fleet liberated them from a Japanese prison camp on Formosa [Taiwan]. Here they are relaxing on the deck of the USS Block Island, one of the liberation ships, September 1945.
Dimensions
Sheet: 8 1/16 x 9 7/8
Technique
Ferrotyped prints are processed in such a way that they are shiny. The print has a sensitive surface, usually thinner, because it was put through a press while still wet.
Materials
Ferrotyped prints have a sensitive surface, usually shiny and thinner, because they are put through a press while still wet. Ferrotyping makes the surface of the photograph smoother. Light does not scatter as much on a smoother surface, so this increases contrast. That makes ferrotyped images better for press photography.
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Dimensions
- Image Dimensions: 7 9/16 x 9 3/8 in. (19.21 x 23.81 cm)
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