#photo dating

[semioticapocalypse]

I really hope you will find this interesting and maybe even useful.

APS is a Custom GPT I made. And it figures out old photos, sometimes pretty obscure ones.

I've been testing it for some time now and while being far from perfect, it appears to be quite a useful device, i would say, surprisingly so. And I would really appreciate it, if you give it a try, — and maybe even provide some feedback

[Only ChatGPT Plus users have access to Custom GPTs for now; hopefully this will change soon].

Case study

I asked it to "tell me all there is to know about this image:

It was found on Flickr with the caption "Pardon of Folgoet 1923", which, frankly speaking, made no sense to me — except for the year, of course. Now I know that Pardon is a religious ceremony, rather specific to Bretagne, where Folgoët is located.

What follows is rather a detailed report of APS findings, —and while being maybe a bit too general, it was also acccurate, quick and quite instructive indeed. Here it is:

This photograph provides a fascinating glimpse into the past, capturing a moment that speaks to the era's cultural, societal, and technological aspects. Let's analyze the various elements:

Architecture and Location: The building in the background is made of stone, indicating that this photo could be from a region where stone was a common construction material, possibly Europe. The style of the shutters and the architecture suggest a setting in a small town or village.

Signage: The sign reading "BYRRH" suggests a location where French is spoken, as Byrrh is a French aperitif that has been produced since the 19th century. This could place the photograph somewhere in France or in a French-influenced area.

Fashion: The attire of the individuals is very indicative of the time period. The women are wearing long dresses and hats typical of the late 19th to early 20th centuries. The boys are dressed in what appears to be sailor suits, a popular style for children from the mid-19th century onwards, as per the knowledge sourced from the documents provided.

Children's Clothing: The boys are dressed similarly, indicating a uniform, which could imply they are attending a special event or are part of a school group. This was a common practice in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Flags: The flags are difficult to identify clearly, but they seem to be fluttering in celebration or a public event, which could help date the photograph if the event is known.

Street Scene: The cobblestone street and the relaxed posture of the people suggest a peaceful day-to-day moment, rather than a staged photograph.

Photographic Style and Quality: The clarity of the image, along with the candid nature of the shot, suggests it was taken at a time when street photography became more feasible due to advancements in camera technology. This could be in the late 19th or early 20th century, aligning with the Kodak Brownie introduction in 1900, making photography more accessible to the masses.

Umbrellas and Sunlight: The presence of umbrellas could indicate either a sunny day or an impending rain, but the shadows suggest a bright day, with the sun high as indicated by the short shadows.

From these observations, it seems likely that the photograph was taken in France or a French-influenced region during a public event or gathering, likely in the late 19th or early 20th century. The combination of the children's uniforms, the women's fashion, the stone architecture, and the photographic quality all contribute to this conclusion. However, without more context or specific historical knowledge, pinpointing an exact date or event is challenging.

#AI #vintage style #retro style #Vintage-Stil #生成的 #生成艺术 #人工智能艺术 #集体 #LLM #chat gpt #ai tools #DALL-E #photo dating #photo attribution #obscure photos #antique photos #history #Bretagne #histoire #história #Geschichte #歴史 #historical #historisch #histórico #historique #vintage photos

[gudakko]

throwback to last month when i fell asleep on the couch and when i woke up my first instinct was to take a pic of my cat sleeping across me but ended up flashbanging her instead

#still makes me lose it #just add a date on the bottom like with old cameras and you get a cryptid photo #kitkats #cats

[thesociallyanxioussociopath]

Part 4 and End of Alastor's bad day Alastor survived his fake date and will probably (not) think twice in the future before trying to one-up Lucifer on unknown projects. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

#hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel fanart #radio demon #alastor hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel vox #radiostatic #kinda ? #charlie morningstar #charlie hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel lucifer #vaggie #my art #and we will never know what else happened on that fake date #except that Vox is still alive after it which is a miracle #also yes I do have the full color HD version of the photo #still haven't decided if I'm gonna do something with that #it's just my desktop background for now #fun fact their poses in the photo was greatly inspired by the “cock shame”/“pussy facing the world” meme

[amphibianaday]

day 1421

#uh just a heads up if you expand the tags to see all there's. a lot. very long #amphibian #frog #poison dart frog #based on my most popular frog to date (day 651) #inspired by everyone pointing out what they think it looks like #here's a fun secret fact the original guy is actually a phantasmal poison dart frog (Epipedobates tricolor) #(according to the original artists title of the drawing) #not Anthony's poison arrow frog (Epipedobates anthonyi) #i feel too awkward to really point it out though because they look the exact same. i cannot tell if there is a difference #im half convinced the same frog was just discovered and named twice #its very curious btw if you go on the (english) wikipedia page for either species it doesn't mention the other #while hereptiles.info (no idea if this is a trustworthy site) lists both names as common names for the same frog (incorrectly??) #while inaturalist lists them as two different frogs. curiously with tricolor having wayyyyy fewer photos #ok anyway that's my rant i went on a whole journey trying to figure out if these are the same frog or not and i have no answer #i did some more 'research' and i am more confused. some sources seem to imply they are now considered the same species ( e. tricolor) #i think my conclusion is i am willing to agree the drawing looks more like e. anthonyi. it seems like tricolor is generally less vibrant re #and the white is darker and more green? #i feel like thumblr should stop me from typing more in the tags at this point this is a whole essay #at this point i am failry convinced this is specifically the Santa Isabel frog. isthat the real subspecies or morph or whatever #or just the name pet sites are using to sell it?? #i even found some sources (frog selling websites) refering to it as “Epipedobates Anthonyi 'Santa Isabel' Phantasmal Poison Dart Frog” lol #Anyways if you read this far hi. species are confusing. i am not a frog scientist #the first few tags are like an hour old now i just kept trying to figure it out and adding more tags

[melit0n]

Some cryptid photos of Vessel (+ ii) that I've collected over the past week. The fact that almost all of them look like they came out of trail cam footage is absolutely sending me

#add a grainy overlay and the date and time text from an old camcorder and I think I could convince someone it *is* trail cam footage #the fact that this odd pose where he's got his arms out with his fingers spread is a common part of his dance routine makes me giggle a lot #like you go you funky music man #there are so many photos of ii out there where he legitimately just looks like he's either edited into the photo or -> #an actual creature of the night as well #this is just my favourite because he looks so insanely out of place #if anybody has an editions feel free to add! I'd love to get a good giggle out of some more crypid photos #sleep token #st #vessel #vessel sleep token #ii sleep token #mel's rambles #cryptid token #1k

[st0neddew-valley]

truly iconic of concernedape to release 1.6 on the first day of spring

#st0neddew-valley #toasty thoughts w/ fisch #stardew valley #sdv #not my original photo #i noticed it right away when the date announcement was made #truly giving spring one year eight king

[grlofswords]

HORMONES AND SURGERY CHANGE YOUR BIOLOGY

#mine #art #text #typography #girlofswords #my bf took the photo perks of dating a car guy

[elloras]

They!

#Brett choosing a picture from when Phil was his date and Phil choosing his favorite bts photo which is of him and Brett #to post as their literal cover photo for their emmy posts i'm #Ted Lasso cast #Brett Goldstein #Phil dunster #royjamie #Roy x Jamie #Ted Lasso #2023 emmys #Emmy boyfriendsss #i know these aren't cropped evenly but i wanted to include brett's full caption

[the-pessimists-paradigm]

transparents of mammoney being scared

#obey me game #obey me! #obey me #omswd #obey me shall we date #obey me chat photos #obey me transparents #obey me mammon #om! mammon #om! lucifer #obey me lucifer #obey me leviathan #obey me satan

[raytorotits]

shut the fuck up gerard is buying barbies looking like this???

#THIS IS THE SAME DAY AS COFFEE DATE #THE JACKET THE BUTTONDOWN #what if i died #credited photos #gimages

[starlit-bun]

these babygirls are dropping out of thin air

#the brainrot. #a date with death #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 astarion #fanart #the quality of these photos...sigh. #artists on tumblr #grim is soooo babygirl #when the game said white haired vampires r in rn and grim should be that if he wants to quit being a reaper... #god bless the writers

[emasstars]

soap pining over medic reader

idk if it’s a trope but i will call it one.

i love the “trope” where a fighter of sorts falls in love with a nurse or medic. makes me so giddy each time.

thinking of soap falling for the pretty new medic/nurse.

he used to hate going to the medical wing. those old nurses were always scolding him for how often he was getting hurt. he started refusing to visit the medical wing. he ignored the whispers that there was a new nurse. it’s only when he gets hurt during training, limping around base like a sad old man with a dislocated hip.

he’s practically begged to go visit the nurses, begrudgingly holding onto the wall along the way so that he doesn’t collapse. it’s not until he sees the pretty new nurse stressing over little old him that he realises what he was missing out on. he’s instantly head over heels, swooned as you look at him with such concern and care in your eyes.

he was doomed from the start. who couldn’t fall for someone like you? he starts visiting you over every small injury, throwing a fit if the pretty little nurse isn’t the one caring for him. he feels guilty, sometimes. no matter how many times he reassures you that he’ll be okay, you still have that constant furrow of concern in your brow. he wishes he could just kiss away each of your worries.

he can’t help but feel a bit jealous whenever he sees you care for someone else. you’re supposed to be his nurse. it takes him a while to admit to himself that it’s jealousy.

one night, long after hours, he goes to visit you. such had become a habit. he can’t stand when he can’t see you on certain days. when he finds you crying, he’s instantly thought that he’d done something, or that he’d have to break someone’s bones. instead, you were crying over some random soldier who was k.i.a. you weren’t even close to the guy, it just broke your heart.

he swore to you then and there that he wouldn’t turn up like that. he swore to himself that he’d be more careful. the idea that you might cry over him like that was one he couldn’t stomach. he had to, at the very least, go on a date with you before fate took him.

#SᗩTEᒪᒪITE #john soap mactavish #soap x reader #john soap mctavish x reader #johnny soap mactavish #johnny soap mctavish x reader #soap call of duty #call of duty #cod x reader #what other tags do i need #anyways he didn’t get to take you for a date #and you never stopped crying #only thing you have left of him is a photo

[aimseytv]

i remember this photo being taken and i said to michela if me and guqqie ever come out about our relationship i can show this photo because i loved it so much

#yes it’s just us hugging #and yes it isn’t groundbreaking ‘they’re dating’ type of photo #but i was still like #aw #this is cute #i’ll keep this for when we are out #and here we are

[annabelle--cane]

most aromantic thing sasha james ever did was get replaced by the "evil uncanny not-quite-you" creature who immediately proceeded to get a partner and spend lots of time with him and keep pictures of the two of them together in her desk. the not-them, the avatar of the she would NOT fucking do that.

#also funny to me that not-sasha did actually appear to be dating this stranger tom guy #planting a bunch of photos of the two of them doesn't seem like the type of thing she'd do on purpose #stranger x stranger couple pictures just wind up looking like stock photos #tma #marina marvels at life

[on-this-day-mcr]

On this day, March 13

In 2023: My Chemical Romance performed their 63rd show of the 2022-2023 Swarm tour in Meeanjin (Brisbane), Australia. At this show, an unreleased song (titled "Eagles" on the paper setlist) was performed for the 7th time ever, with new lyrics. Gerard Way wore a dark grey skirt suit and white shirt, and "Everything Under Control" was written on the drums. (🖤)

Watch the show here!

@trashandglitter

#unfortunately there's like truly no HD photos of this show at all on the internet its just fan photos #this was the highest quality one i could find - sorry! #tour date #2023 #march 13 #mcr meeanjin 1 #mcr brisbane 1 #ID in alt #through tears this was the first time i ever saw mcr live and it was somehow more incredible than i expected even after a year of hype #ack. ack. eagles. whatever its fine #swarm era

[nerdy-talks]

Part 2 of my favorite Obey Me! chat photos

#obey me #obey me one master to rule them all #obey me shall we date #obey me lucifer #obey me satan #obey me mammon #obey me belphegor #obey me belphie #obey me beel #obey me beelzebub #obey me asmo #obey me asmodeus #obey me diavolo #obey me chat pics #obey me chat photos #obey me chat images #obey me chat #obey me levi #obey me leviathan #obey me barbatos