looking out and looking up
To the left – oriel window, added by Richard of York, looking out over the upland estate from the Lord’s Hall. To the right – garderobe (latrine), with a finely corbeled chute. Barnard Castle, Teesdale UK, one of the great medieval fortresses of the north
Ghost signs: BBC Viewfinder
The BBC is covering Tom Bland’s photography in the archaeological imagination – Ghost signs. “I was seeing layers of typography, paint, colour – and combined with the texture of the crumbling and flaking materials, many of them were appealing to me as contemporary pieces of design in the vein of work by Ray Gun magazine.” [...]
the patina of preservation
Boonville, northern California. Up for the weekend with Sam and Angie. The general store on the main street – organic produce in the oldest working refrigerators I’ve seen. On the aura of Polaroids and the temporality of color see my blog for 12 September on the physiognomy of nostalgia.