The images here are work from the hands of many photographers and the criteria I’ve used for collecting images are personal and ineffable. Collaging the images into something other increases my exposure to the different buildings. The buildings speak for themselves. I view the pictures I store here as seed-verses for artistic thinking. Nothing special. Occasional nudity is for nudity’s sake. If nudity distracts you, this is none of my business.
Most of the architectural photography comes from the Library of Congress and most of the pictures of people are retrieved from thrift store bins; the astronomer’s photographs are gleaned from the public domain. Other images are culled from the television screen with an SLR camera.
Many original photographs frequently show signs of honest damage or hasty handling in the darkroom and I do digitally clean and crop most. I aim for legibility but in some cases you’ll find imperfections as they lay from the hand of the photographers who printed them or the hand of time itself.
Stored here are the rich and layered flow experiences of many persons living and dead. I offer this cabinet with a minimum of interference. All entries are expandable with a click of your mouse. In a spirit of hospitality my door is always left open.
Thanks to the diligent researchers and photographers at the Historic American Buildings Survey. Thanks to the teams of astronomers at the NASA/JPL/SpaceScienceInstitute and the University of Arizona’s Planetary Sciences Institute.