specimens and marvels - tristesse engraved

images - william henry fox talbotphotomicrograph of a crystal - study of polarized light -albumenised paper print - ca. 1851photomicrograph of interference patterns - study of polarized light through crystals - albumenised paper print - ca. 1851photomicrograph of three crystals - study of polarized light - calotype negative - ca. 1840photomicrograph of interference pattern - study of polarized

equivalent (series)

peter hutton - boston fire - 1979peter hutton - new york portrait, chapter ii - 1980-81alfred stieglitz - equivalent (series) - 1925-1931

would long ago have become a star

that is, in fact, what i meant to say when i wrote you that what surprises me most in each pastel is the unity of feeling in which the object is every time contained; a unique, tempestuous breath of feeling, a unique gesture of passion has, in one fell swoop, moved it close to the heart; it's a total manumission... and still it is you, oh lover of earth and sky, that i sing! still the strength

to the finder. remember me.

brother charles ferdinand ganebin - ca. 1935stereoview of the inside of church family school - ca. 1870charles brown - to the finder. remember me.letter - june 30, 1871brother ricardo belden - ca. 19581786 meetinghouse at hancock, massachusetts1938 (taken during its dismantling)poplar bark/populus tremuloides - chest detailmount lebanon, ny - ca. 1815ethel (left) and alice smith (right) - ca.

à la recherche de la guitare perdue - la première partie - dark was the night

- robbie basho - the seal of the blue lotus - takoma - 1965- robbie basho - the grail and the lotus - takoma - 1966- robbie basho - basho sings! - takoma - 1967- robbie basho - the falconer’s arm, volumes 1 & 2 - takoma - 1967- robbie basho - venus in cancer - blue thumb - 1969- robbie basho - song of the stallion - takoma - 1971- robbie basho - visions of the country - windham hill - 1978- the

tissu léger et transparent

photographs by bolesław okoniewski, "discovered" by him on his 1960s trip to paris france.his three most inspiring art discoveries there (besides the city itself): marcel duchamp, victor hugo, and henri michaux.okoniewski is rumoured to have whispered to his newfound love there "gaze, tissu léger et transparent, de soie, de lin ou de laine, à armure complexe, à fils sinueux. étoffe, robe de gaze

un coup de dés

photos taken by the near-unknown polish photographer bolesław okoniewski, taken in the 1950s in the great kraków conservatory of flowers,all images taken of the floor while walking through the space, making sure not to look through the viewfinder, but to be occupied by the plants and flowers instead, and to pay little or no attention to focus and exposure issues. okoniewski certainly deserves

paris et le daguerréotype

classic books (number 5):paris et le daguerréotype - paris musées - 1989la seine, le quai des orfèvres et notre-dameanonyme - vers 1840-1843fontaine, place de la concordeanonyme - vers 1845toits de parisjean bernard leon foucault - vers 1844

la ville des anges

roseclematis (double)clematislunariathe floral stereoradiographs of albert g. richards *at the museum of jurassic technologyfound while wandering the city of angels with young gossamer

before the descent of complete darkness (invisible birds)

törless was still gazing out into the garden. he thought he could hear the rustling of the withered leaves being blown into drifts by the wind. then came the moment of utter stillness which always occurs a little before the descent of complete darkness. the shape of things, which had been sinking ever more deeply into the dusk, and the blurring, dissolving colours of things--for an instant it

finding pictures in search of sounds

- images from finding pictures in search of sounds, stephen vitiello, limited edition monograph from the museum 52, london exhibitionother notable works by stephen vitiello:- 17:48 from the texas gallery, texas gallery, 2001 (with pauline oliveros)- bright and dusty things, new albion records, 2001 (with pauline oliveros, david tronzo)- buffalo bass delay, hallwalls, 2005 (echoes, trains,

invisible birds (forthcoming)

eugène atgetjosef sudekhenry fox talbotrichard longas if you were the voice that moves up and down the rungs of the world, between earth and sky, never beyond, always in the infinite globe, free but inside it, over there, close at hand, where the silver branches fork, awaiting nothing, fleeing nothing, traveller whom a second's joy, for no reason at all, steals from the journey's movement and

in air clear and unseen

henwar rodakiewicz, portrait of a young man: movement 1, 1931etienne-jules marey, studies of air movements, 1901etienne-jules marey, plan incliné, angle de 60 degrés, quatrième et dernière version de la machine à fumée, équipée de 57 canaux (cinémathèque française), 1901etienne-jules marey, from scientific american, 1902etienne-jules mareyfrom notice sur les titres et travaux scientifiques du

all point to that which is now

josef sudek: rembrances series, 1959 josef sudek: sunday afternoon on kolin island, 1924-26there they were, dignified, invisible,moving without pressure, over the dead leaves,in the autumn heat, through the vibrant air,and the bird called, in response tothe unheard music hidden in the shrubbery,and the unseen eyebeam crossed, for the roseshad the look of flowers that are looked at.there they were

i reduction to sleep (a broken consort)

work by louise skelton & richard skelton(sustain-release)music by richard skelton:( )= moniker name-(a broken consort) box of birch, 2007barbed wire blues, berkmanan and j f glidden.bowed metallic figures suspended from ivied trees.dense thickets of slack, rusted snares and splitting bark.accordion mists gathering in the early morning light.-(riftmusic) riftmusic, 2007iridescent blues. a slow

joseph-nicéphore niepce (physicien et photographe français 1765-1833)

paysage architectural à saint-loup-de-varennes, vers 1826the first photograph(from a camera obscura, eight hour exposure)the university of texas at austinfound looking through the amazing centre georges pompidou catalogue images et imaginaires d'architecture: dessin, peinture, photographie, arts graphiques, théâtre, cinéma en europe aux XIXe et XXe siècles, 1984

flug (flight)

photos by sharon harper of train travel in germany(you can see my excitement in finding these)

love-melancholy

in the precedent section mention was made, amongst other pleasant objects, of this comeliness and beauty which proceeds from women, that causeth heroical, or love-melancholy, is more eminent above the rest, and properly called love. the part affected in men is the liver, and therefore called heroical, because commonly gallants, nobleman, and the most generous spirits are possessed with it. his

venezia, ghost

venice at night

being an eye for nothing

bunkers & fog in marin, images from last year"to be a cinematographer of nothing, to express its own impossibility? to imagine one being an eye for nothing, an eye for the impossibility demand such vulnerability at times. maybe cursed and blessed at the same time" z, kafka's ghost