Michael Shanks » windows

looking out and looking up

Michael — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:22:38 +0000

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

Michael — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:47:29 +0000

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.”

Manhattan

(see also archaeography.com)

archaeologies of taste #2

Michael — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:59:17 +0000

The (im)materialities of cuisine

Brussels.

archaeologies of taste #1

Michael — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:29:53 +0000

Newcastle-upon-Tyne

The W, San Francisco

Michael — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:51:36 +0000

Boonville, California

Michael — Mon, 13 Dec 2004 06:13:08 +0000

Boontberry Farm – organic produce

the patina of preservation

Michael — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 18:59:25 +0000

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.