[Album of Snapshots Printed in Geometric Shapes]

Although some album-makers cut their snapshots into shapes before pasting them on the page, others were aided by Kodak. Not long after the production of the Brownie camera, Kodak introduced home developing and printing machines, allowing album makers to control the entire photographic process from home. These shaped photographs (ovals, hearts, eight-pointed stars, circles, apples, and bells) were created by inserting masks into the printing device: the exposed area within the mask developed normally, and the rest of the undeveloped area was trimmed away to create the white border. This photographer did an excellent job centering the subjects within the masks.