When I was given the Sykes collection long long ago mixed in with Horace's work were a few slides that were not typical of his Kodachrome patina, his passive register, his lens. Later I detemined that some of these were by a Seattle photographer named Bradley. This unnamed Christmas interior may be a Bradley, and yet it may be a Sykes. The emptiness of direct human presense is Sykean. But is the stuff sold here too late for Sykes. Almost certainly this is either the Bon or Frederick and Nelsons. But in the 50s or 60s? (Click to Enlarge)
