Just came across this photo online. Supposedly of James Joyce. It sure looks like him but…there’s something so modern about it, so *alive*, that it’s difficult to believe it’s not a still from a film. A reverse Google hasn’t yielded much. Any leads, anyone? - ThreadSky

shakespeareandcompany.com • 22 days ago

Just came across this photo online. Supposedly of James Joyce. It sure looks like him but…there’s something so modern about it, so *alive*, that it’s difficult to believe it’s not a still from a film. A reverse Google hasn’t yielded much. Any leads, anyone?

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librarykilleen.bsky.social•22 days ago

It's definitely Joyce. Maybe @joycesociety.bsky.social can shed more light?

joycesociety.bsky.social•22 days ago

Yes it is he.

carlrosman.bsky.social•22 days ago

Is this where you found it? If not, this might count as a lead… https://rosenbach.org/blog/the-doc-ate-my-homework-an-eye-patch-a-brace-and-gratitude/

carlrosman.bsky.social•22 days ago

Don’t know what’s going on here though. https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/comments/nqw9i7/james_joyce_in_a_field_in_france_1922/

shakespeareandcompany.com•22 days ago

Wow! Artificial colourised…I guess?

carlrosman.bsky.social•22 days ago

Looks like it to my not particularly informed eye. (As opposed to your photo being a B&W-isation of the colour one!)

trbrtc.bsky.social•22 days ago

Original photo in B&W indeed, it seems. https://bsky.app/profile/trbrtc.bsky.social/post/3lhhh5gtsos2i

shakespeareandcompany.com•22 days ago

Found it on Babelio (a kind of French goodreads)…

afbdijkstra.bsky.social•22 days ago

paging @trbrtc.bsky.social

trbrtc.bsky.social•22 days ago

It seems legit, it's part of ARCHIVIO GBB, one of the largest private collections of vintage photographs in Italy.
https://archivio.contrasto.it/id/00024612

afbdijkstra.bsky.social•22 days ago

You never dissappoint! Many thanks.

I just love Joyce (although he makes me feel quite un-intelligent) and I also love Shakespeare and Company (same).

hagum.bsky.social•22 days ago

Let us our minds to wonder

robertsheppard.bsky.social•22 days ago

I've definitely seen it before, as a picture of Joyce.

karmacowboy.bsky.social•22 days ago

Here, on a photo licensing site. It seems legit.
https://www.alamy.com/1920-s-the-irish-writer-james-joyce-dublin-1882-zurich-1941-after-a-eye-surgical-operation-scrittore-letteratura-literature-letterat-thinker-pensatore-portrait-ritratto-archivio-gbb-image537544394.html

trbrtc.bsky.social•22 days ago

Indeed, credited to ARCHIVIO GBB, which indeed has it on their website. https://bsky.app/profile/trbrtc.bsky.social/post/3lhhh5gtsos2i

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