Andrew Jackson Downing (Totally Obscured)

Andrew Jackson Downing, image totally obscured, daguerreotype, produced by Mathew Brady's studio [between 1851 and 1852].

Unidentified Man, Head-and-Shoulders Portrait, Facing Front

Unidentified man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, daguerreotype, produced by Mathew Brady's studio [between 1844 and 1860]. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-110112

Unidentified Woman, Arm Resting on Table

Unidentified woman, three-quarter length portrait, facing front, with arm resting on table, daguerreotype, produced by Mathew Brady's studio [between 1850 and 1860]. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-USZ62-110018

Unidentified Young Woman

Unidentified young woman, ca 1850, daguerreotype, from George Eastman House Collection

Crown Prince of Sweden

Crown Prince of Sweden Taken either by the American Colony Photo Department or its successor, the Matson Photo Service [approximately 1925 to 1946]

The Theatre Interior

The theatre, interior, Monte Carlo, Riviera, photochrom, [between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900]

Dead Sea

Air views of Palestine. North end of Dead Sea. Dead Sea, northern end. An evening silhouette, American Colony (Jerusalem), Photo Dept., Oct. 1931

Taal Volcano

Taal Volcano, Philippines, 1911 (Carpenter Collection)

The Captured Whale

The Captured Whale, Edward S. Curtis, c1915

The Minotaur

Gustave Doré, 1857


At point of the disparted ridge lay stretch'd
The infamy of Crete, detested brood
Of the feign'd heifer: and at sight of us
It gnaw'd itself, as one with rage distract.

Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy - Inferno, Canto 12, lines 11-14

Paralytic Child Walking on All Fours

Paralytic Child Walking on All Fours (from Muybridge), Francis Bacon, 1961

The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed in the Sun

The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed in the Sun, William Blake, 1805-10

Out of This World

Eugene Von Bruenchenhein, 2 Nov. 1959, No 846

Listen to Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (out of this world)

Hverdagsliv i Automatcaféen

  Hverdagsliv i Automatcaféen, Fredrik Wahlström, 2010

Barker at the Grounds

Barker at the grounds at the Vermont state fair, Rutland, Jack Delano, September 1941

Children in the Tenement District

Children in the tenement district, Brockton, Mass., Jack Delano, December, 1940

Damascus

Damascus (no date recorded) from George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress)




Damascus - Sufjan Stevens (2001), from the compilation Seen/Unseen - A Benefit for the Evergreen Center for Street Youth (out of print)     play

Easter

Easter - Patti Smith Group, from Easter (1978)    play     buy

The South Water Street Illinois Central Railroad Freight Terminal - Part III

General view of part of the South Water street Illinois Central Railroad freight terminal, Chicago, Ill., Jack Delano, April, 1943.