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12.09.12
John Foster
| Accidental Mysteries
Accidental Mysteries
Paleolithic cave painting
Interpretation of Ajanta cave painting in India
Rome. Circa 230-226 BC
Exhibited for "Power Print: Woodblock Prints by Ram Kumar Panday" at the Asian American Arts Centre, New York City, July 13-Aug. 3, 2001
Carving of hand in stone, England c. 1770-1800 (19" x 16" x 13")
Gravestone carving
Auguste Rodin, Mighty Hand, ca. 1880, cast 1906, bronze (Legion of Honor, SF)
Antique artificial arm and hand
Industrial glove mold, France, c. 1900-1910
Shadow puppet of a deer.
Saul Bass, 1960, Man With the Golden Arm
Ursa Minor: The Amazing Yo-Yo, 1980. Photo by Chan Bush.
Silver print by Drahotin Sulla – "Duel" (1974)
Photograph by
Francesco Viscuso
Stanko Abadžic – Hands and Eyes (from the Paris Cycle)
Hands on a scanner: Image by Ghastly
Collage illustration by Jessie Draxler
Cracked nail polish, photograph, photographer unknown
Posted in:
Accidental Mysteries
,
Arts + Culture
John Foster
and his wife, Teenuh, have been longtime collectors of self-taught art and vernacular photography. Their collection of anonymous, found snapshots has toured the country for five years and has been featured in
Harper’s
,
Newsweek Online
and others.
More from
John Foster
The Remarkable Mr. Deeds
Work from an anonymous artist who self-identified only as ‘a patient at the State Lunatic Asylum in Nevada, Missouri around 1905.’
Doug Rickard: N. A.
Headfirst into the underbelly
An Archive of Czech Film Posters
Real life #TBT: a publicly accessible database with over 6,000 original, vintage posters from all periods of cinema.
A Visual History of Lunchboxes
Back to school time with a visual history of lunchboxes.
Looking Down: An Interview with Photographer Bryon Darby
Photos of grids and airplanes.
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