Friday, April 30, 2010

Andrew Jackson Downing (Totally Obscured)


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

Thursday, April 29, 2010

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

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

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

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Unidentified Young Woman


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

Monday, April 26, 2010

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]

Friday, April 23, 2010

The Theatre Interior


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

Saturday, April 17, 2010

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

Friday, April 16, 2010

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

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

Monday, April 12, 2010

Paralytic Child Walking on All Fours


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

Sunday, April 11, 2010

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

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Friday, April 9, 2010

Hverdagsliv i Automatcaféen


  Hverdagsliv i Automatcaféen, Fredrik Wahlström, 2010

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Barker at the Grounds


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

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Children in the Tenement District


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

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

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



Sunday, April 4, 2010

Easter


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

Thursday, April 1, 2010

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.