PAPER MOON.

Paper Moon. 1973 Directed by Peter Bogdanovich. Starring Tatum O’Neal and Ryan O’Neal. Tatum O’Neal won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress at age 10. Look for : roaming farmlands of Kansas and Missouri, Addy’s plaids & overalls, soft depression-era bedding. Most important, Addy’s black laced hat.  

ANNEMARIE SCHWARZENBACH.

Mongolian burial tower. Thysville Africa Dancing men in the jungle between Bumba and Aketi (Route Royale). Imam Reza. Turkestan. Bazaar: carpets from Daulatabad. ““Hazrat Ali” – tomb of the 2nd prophet. Annemarie Schwarzenbach was a Swiss writer, journalist, traveler and photographer. In July 1939 she and ethnologist Ella Maillart drove from Switzerland to Afganistan via [...]

INNU MAKES.

Beadwork, museum photography (baby blue!) and natural to man made objects—a collection of my favorite things! Innu and their ancestors have resided on a large portion of Labrador and eastern Quebec for over two thousand years. According to Innus the world is an island created by wolverine and mink after a great flood. via Tipatshimuna

COLLECTIONS of JOHN RININGER.

The above images are Photos, Postcards and Ephemera From the Home of John Rininger, Chicago, IL discovered via PUBLIC COLLECTORS – my new favorite blog/project/library. John Rininger was an artist, vibrant thinker and lover of the photocopy machine. He died in his apartment at the age of 45. Marc Fischer aka. PUBLIC COLLECTORS tells his [...]

ROERICH MTNS.

Mountain study. c. 1925–34 Red Horses. 1926 Kanchenjunga. 1936 Everest Range. From “Himalayan” series. 1924 Nicholas Roerich was a Russian guru—also a painter, philosopher, scientist, writer, traveler, and public figure. Upon watching hours of television in Florida I rediscovered via the Discovery channel the works of Roerich. The paintings were familiar to me. And then [...]

NisN IRL : Depero Futurista

IRL (in real life) at the Wolfsonian Library this Monday I was turned on to Depero Futurista. A book created by Futurist founder Filippo Tommaso Marinetti in honor of his colleaugue & friend Forunato Depero. A total inspiration! Please excuse my wonky photographs—I got too excited. A big thanks to librarian Frank Luca for pulling [...]

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