West african masquerade

West african masquerade costumes and more in the photography portfolio of Phyllis Galembo. see more on his website here

whaling log books

nantucket historical association

http://www.nha.org/

resource for this historical whaling town

hives

paul rand

some wise words from the great man himself

david byrne

'the better the singers voice the harder it is to believe what they are saying'

-david byrne

public collectors

http://www.publiccollectors.org

Mark DeLong

Mark DeLongs work

Anni Albers

www.albersfoundation.org

'layer after layer of civilized life seems to have veiled our directness of seeing. we often look for an underlying meaning of things while the thing itself is the meaning'

-anni albers

neal tait

television test patterns

archive 

forest architecture

more information here

the misfits

Ever hear the story about the city man out in the country?  He sees this fella sittin' on his porch, so he says "Mister...  ...could you tell me how I can get back to town?" The fella says "No."  "Well, could you tell me how to get to the post office?" The fella says "No."  "Well, do you know how to get to the railroad station?" "No."  "Boy," he says, "you sure don't know much, do you?"  The fella says "Nope. But I ain't lost."

the misfits

fantastic film written by arthur miller and directed by john huston. featuring clark gable, marilyn monroe and montgomery clift

whilst the film was being made a number of magnum's photographers were on set. a collection of the photos can be seen here

photograph by ernst haas

photograph by ernst haas

photograph by eve arnold

photograph by erich hartmann

photograph by dennis stock

alexander calder

carlos vilardebos 1961 film of alexander calders circus performance piece

improvised prison tools

saw

narcotics cache

rope 

dumbell

for more information click here

all photographsby marc steinmetz

marcel duchamp

'the creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting its inner qualifications and this adds to the creative act'

-marcel duchamp

mimbres pottery

http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/files/mimbres.htm

from the book 'mimbres painted pottery by j.j brody

'a picture starts as nothing and becomes a microcosm, a model universe that has its own physical and structural laws. so long as it exists it transcends whatever aesthetic values motivated its producer or affected the judgement of contemporary or later uses. at different times and places it can be appreciated, disliked or ignored. the only permanent and universal message it can possibly carry and the only key available to objective understanding of it, are embodied in the peculiar logic of its forms and structure'

-j.j brody