"Strange as it may appear, I have found that the more spectacular the fastening to the eyes of the audience, the less difficult the escape really proves to be. For example, the ladder tie here shown gives the impression of an almost unescapable restraint, while in reality it is simply a slow but sure proposition."
- Houdini, Magical Rope Ties and Escape (1921)
If you like this, let me know in the comments and maybe I'll repeat some of the other terrific images that came to us via the generosity of John Hinson in 2013.
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Please do publish some more of these outstanding photos of our Harry.
ReplyDeleteYes more please, like the Greatest signed photo ever..
ReplyDeleteAlways great to see other takes/views of familiar photos we've seen before. More please.
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I need mooooooooore! Mooooore! Ahahaha! >:) - Abby Martin
ReplyDeleteMoore 🙏 🙏 🙏 please
ReplyDeleteWill the Hinsons ever sell there collection or just pass it down?
ReplyDeleteThey have some of the best Houdini pieces around.
ReplyDeleteYes, as many photos as possible of this most charismatic performer that the camera loved. And especially any information about the photographers who took the photos during his almost constant traveling career.
I assume that his manager made available in each town newspaper photographers to photograph the images that would accompany the paper’s story of his performance. But he had so many “one off “like this ladder photograph, or of Harry standing next to a grave, who would’ve come out to take one picture? And did Bess try handling a camera to always be an available photographer? Of all the things he pulled off in his career, photographically document so much of it was, to me, his trick within the trick.
Thanks again John for this insightful newsletter each week.
Dave Edwards
Franz Kukol took many of the more candid Houdini photos. He was pretty much Houdini's official photographer.
DeleteThanks for clarifying John
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