Skating with Bror Myer (1921)
Delightful images from an illustrated guide to figure skating by Bror Myer, a Swedish champion in the art. Meyer felt the guide necessary as in "latter years the art of skating has made such rapid strides". On his use of photography, he continues:
To facilitate an easy interpretation of the text, as well as to show more clearly the various movements, I decided, after great consideration, to illustrate the work by means of photographs taken with a Cinematograph.
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Dec 17, 2015
