Daido Moriyama exhibition at the Steven Kasher Gallery
☛ Steven Kasher Gallery: “Record No. 18”, Taipei, 2010, gelatin silver, printed 2013, 16 x 22 in (40.6 x 55.9 cm). Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama took this picture nearly 40 years after he shot one of his most famous portrait, that of a stray dog in Misawa (in january of 1971). In both case, the […]
Sneezing and slavery in Aristotle and Montaigne
Do you ask me whence comes the custom of blessing those who sneeze? We produce three sorts of wind; that which comes from below is too foul; that which comes through the mouth implies some reproach of gluttony; the third is sneezing, and, because it comes from the head and is blameless, we give it […]
Anatomical illustrations from “Précis d’histoire naturelle” by Antoine Pizon, 1930
☛ Agence Eureka: colored wood engraving from Précis d’histoire naturelle à l’usage des candidats au baccalauréat de philosophie et de mathématiques by Antoine Pizon, 1930, detail from plate V, p. 238. Public Domain. Agence Eureka uploaded 13 of those gorgeous colored engravings recently. All the images link to one of Agence Eureka’s Flickr sets where […]
“The Human Condition” by Duane Michals (1969)
☛ Carnegie Museum of Art: “The Human Condition” by Duane Michals, 6 gelatin silver prints with hand-applied text, 5 x 7 inches, edition 22/25, © Duane Michals. Source of hi-res reproduction. This sequence of photos was first published in 1970 in the book Sequences (Duane Michals, New York: Doubleday; Amazon). Duane Michals is an American […]
