February 2012
1 post
3 tags
tower
Circa 1914-17
Feb 4th
1 note
January 2012
1 post
Spiral
Circa 1910, Hastings, MN
Jan 29th
1 note
November 2011
2 posts
3 tags
nursery, smoke
Circa 1910, Illinois
Nov 12th
17 notes
2 tags
smoke cloud
Circa 1910-1920, plume of smoke
Nov 5th
4 notes
October 2011
5 posts
4 tags
iceberg
Circa 1917-1927, Alaska, real photo postcard by Benjamin G. Griffith
Oct 29th
8 notes
4 tags
Oct 16th
1 note
4 tags
glacier cave
July 28, 1930, Austria “Gletscherhöhle bei Berlinerhütte!”
Oct 8th
2 notes
3 tags
eerie
Circa 1910, Ohio. Real photo postcard
Oct 5th
6 notes
2 tags
electric studio
Circa 1907 I would like to have made this image. It’s a real photo post card.
Oct 2nd
1 note
September 2011
2 posts
5 tags
hilltops
Circa 1908, New Hampshire August 12, 1908, Quebec/Vermont International boundry
Sep 21st
4 notes
bluff
Circa 1908, Ohio Bluff, 2011
Sep 3rd
August 2011
5 posts
surf, shore
Circa 1907, New Hampshire
Aug 27th
1 tag
avenues
October 31, 1908, Minnesota
Aug 20th
1 note
low rock, steps
Circa 1908, Massachusetts
Aug 15th
dam
March 25, 1906, La Represa
Aug 7th
private
December 6, 1906, Long Island
Aug 4th
July 2011
3 posts
moonlight
May 12, 1905 More moonlight (and show announcement): here.
Jul 30th
2 notes
ship, rocks
July 20, 1909, Massachusetts Circa 1906, California
Jul 27th
1 tag
little islands
Circa 1908, Maine October 10, 1910, Maine
Jul 10th
6 notes
June 2011
3 posts
ladder, granite
Circa 1908, Pennsylvania
Jun 14th
rock city
October 27, 1907
Jun 11th
rocks and ladders
July 12, circa 1907, Connecticut August 15, 1908, Keswick, Cumbria
Jun 10th
1 note
April 2011
1 post
1 tag
when lightning falls in low places...
… some go to france Circa 1907, Paris Notice the clouds.
Apr 16th
February 2011
1 post
not mcdonalds
August 7, 1906, New York October 18, 1912, D.C.
Feb 4th
January 2011
1 post
two canals
December 11, 1909, Indiana August 30, 1906, New Jersey
Jan 16th
December 2010
2 posts
hillside cut-away
June 28, 1906, New Jersey
Dec 24th
overprint
December 26, 1914, Kansas Blue over black.
Dec 7th
November 2010
4 posts
some atmosphere
Circa 1907, North Carolina Steel blue Circa 1906, New Hampshire
Nov 21st
portal
July 29, 1907, Massachusetts A green lawn. April 12, 1911, Ontario A heavily retouched green lawn. During an artist panel lecture at Allegra La Viola Gallery last weekend (the topic was Dungeons and Dragons), one of the artists noted how mid-19th century illustrators emphasized the colossal proportions of a place by reducing the height of the figures by half. It works in Guelph, too.
Nov 13th
ladder
July 21, 1909, New York A ladder and high falls.
Nov 11th
two ways
October 4, 1909, Youngstown two white plackards.
Nov 6th
October 2010
2 posts
power
March 16, 1908, Virginia Figures for scale are a nice touch.
Oct 30th
1 tag
a park, a bluff
March 13, 1909, New York August 6, 1911, Indiana
Oct 13th
September 2010
3 posts
iron arches
November 6, 1911, Ohio Circa 1908, Wisconsin Still collecting images for this project.
Sep 18th
3 tags
pavement
June 27, 1911, St. Johns Park, Manitoba Circa 1907, City Park, Pennsylvania
Sep 12th
wall and crevasse
December 7, 1911, Panama Circa 1908, Alaska Two views illustrating precisely what I refer to in my artist statement.
Sep 2nd
August 2010
6 posts
underground
Circa 1908, Boston It’s still this clean.
Aug 29th
white rock chasm
February 5, 1917, cliff chasm September 9, 1908, white rocks, deadwood November 27, 1906, purgatory
Aug 24th
trellis
June 17, 1913, Rose entrance “… it is so hot here.”
Aug 23rd
peaked roof & stone arch
November 26, 1906, Stacked pipes Circa 1907, Paved sidewalk Wonderfully asymmetrical compositions in both scenes.
Aug 16th
path; beach
February 16, 1907, scene on a path. Circa 1907, surf sand and grass scene.
Aug 11th
entrance; in
November 24, 1909, gated portal, pristine December 1, 1913, fire hydrant, dirt roadway, and entrance Both will figure in some form in sculpture in progress of massed portals.
Aug 1st
July 2010
2 posts
steel beams, rivets
June 23, 1911, New Brunswick April 9, 1910, New Jersey “Dear sister, your card was received Friday and I shall write very soon - Kate”
Jul 22nd
looming, leaning, dusk
August 7 1909, River View Park entrance, dusky August 8 1907, Wheeling Park entrance, golden light
Jul 13th
June 2010
7 posts
hill, slope, pond, vacation
August 6, 1907, Massachusetts An inviting body of water and boat. May 12, 1909, Massachusetts An inviting body of water and trolley.
Jun 30th
strontium; glacier erratic
August 16 1908, Ohio A trellised entrance to a crystal cave. This and the view below reference two of my new projects: a mine with crystals and striated landscape cross-section, and also an endless mass of entrance structures. Circa 1907, Massachusetts A boom from the granite quarry is in the background, left of the steel-banded glacier erratic. Several types of gems and minerals are...
Jun 22nd
two parks
Circa 1907, Indiana Without crowds. July 27, 1907, Missouri With people. I didn’t know “shot” was used this early as a stand-in for photographic images.
Jun 18th
park entrance
September 24, 1907, Colorado Snow peaked mountains, or just fantastic clouds.
Jun 18th
4 tags
traps
October 21, 1907, Rhode Island This strange trap-like object looks like something photographer Laurent Millet might have dredged up 90 years later for one of his petites machines littorales. Millet is showing at Robert Mann Gallery through July 10.
Jun 10th
2 tags
a subway
Circa 1905, Winnipeg. This view also provides figures for scale.
Jun 7th