Andrea Galvani, ‘Death of an image #9′, 2006. C-print on aluminum dibond, 108 x 146 cm. Collection AGI, MART Museum, Italy.
Andrea Galvani, ‘Death of an image #5′, 2005. C-print mounted on aluminum dibond, 108 x 146 cm. Collection AGI, MART Museum, Italy.
Andrea Galvani, ‘The Intelligence of Evil #5′, 2007.
Anne Siems, ‘Snail Girls’, 2009.
Anne Siems, ‘Antler Girl’, 2012.
Anne Siems, ‘Birdsong’, 2008.
Anne Siems, ‘Bird Medium’, 2008.
Business card for cuppers and leechers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 19th century. Via Life As A Human.
Leeches! Leeches!! Leeches!!! An excitable ad for fresh leeches from the Wanganui Dispensary. Wanganui Herald, 11 September 1867, pg 3. Via New Zealand National Library’s Papers Past.
Models for Grant Woods’ ‘American Gothic’ (1930) posed with painting. Via Twenty Two Words.
Daguerreotype of Robert Cornelius, likely the first photographic self-portrait ever taken, c 1839. Via American Library of Congress.
These three intriguing photographs have no real relationship with one another, except that each image reveals a little bit of the hidden history of art. Read on for more about these remarkable images. Continue reading
This image puzzled me for days when I first saw it on Pinterest. Why would a Victorian photographer take a picture of this group facing the wrong way? Was it an accident? A modern photoshopped joke? A symbol of mourning? Some sort of feminist statement? Documentation of a photography studio?
In classic academic fashion, I was over thinking it. I’ve done some research on the image and the answer turned out to be deceptively simple. It is not a modern fake, but a genuine tintype from ca 1880, from the Andrew Daneman collection of American Tintypes (photographer unidentified). Can you guess why they are facing backward before you read the answer? (Answer after the jump!) Continue reading
