


images that haunt us









Deep Sea Diver. ‘Carte de visite’ by an anonymous photographer. An
individual wearing a Morse Diving Helmet and an insulated suit stands in
a photographer’s studio holding a submarine oil lamp. A modern pencil identification on the back of
the mount of this image names this diver as “Hyde,” and is associated
with a tintype of a man in the uniform of a Union sailor. | src Ronald S. Coddington

E. Lamy :: Lac de Brienz / Brienz lake, Switzerland, 1860′s-1870′s. Carte de visite. / source: eBay

Negretti and Zambra :: Henry Tracey Coxwell (1819-1900), English balloonist, ca. 1862. Carte de visite, National LIbrary of New Zealand via luminous-lint

Edward Bateman :: Carte de Visite, Automation No. 8 from the series
‘
Mechanical Brides of the Uncanny’ / src: lenscratch.com

Curious Photo, ca. 1880, unidentified photographer / src: George Eastman Museum on Flickr