images that haunt us
The beach at Old Orchard, Maine. Ocean Pier and Hotel Velvet, ca. 1900. | src librar-y
Corinne Mercadier :: Carré lunaire III, série «Longue Distance» /
Lunar Square III, “Long Distance” series, 2005, digital prints on baryta paper. / src: Muma
Mary Binney Montgomery in Oramunde, experimental film directed by Emlen Etting in 1933 / full short film on YouTube / source:
A study on the theme of ‘Pelléas et Méllissande’. A female figure, her face hidden by a long veil, dances, twirls, and runs on the shore. She leaps on rocks along the edge of the sea, her veil wafting behind her.
Teikō Shiotani :: Seashore of Akasaki Minatomachi, Kotoura, Japan, 1931 / source: Tottori Prefectural Museum
The horizon in this picture describes an arc just as if describing the globe itself. Incorporating the technique of deformation, the work was made by burning a negative image onto warped printing paper. The photograph was taken at the coast of Akasaki near photographer Shiotani’s home in Kotoura, Tottori. [quoted from source]
Day at the sea / via punlovsin (from eBay)
‘A life saver on the lookout.’ Atlantic City, New Jersey, circa 1905. Dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. / source: Juniper Gallery
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