Portrait Photographs from Southern Patagonia

Punta Arenas
Elvira Díaz, aged 15, 1912

What sumptuous studio props! Elvira was the first child born after her parents emigrated from Spain (she was number 6, and there were 10 more to follow). Following time-honoured Spanish tradition, her fifteenth birthday was a major event: recorded for posterity by this studio picture.

Portrait Photographs from Southern Patagonia