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Ernest Hemingway, The Garden of Eden

Victorian photo / double exposure - 1899.

los huesos (2021)

Magnus Enckell - Death's walk (1896)

The Museum of Witchraft and Magic in Boscastle, England.

— Rosie Stockton, from "CARMEN ET ERROR," Fuel

These Victorian memorials in shadow boxes are getting harder and harder to find, so I was very grateful to be able to find another for you this season. It’s for a baby who died at just 2 years old in 1868. For me, it’s not just the cross shaped casket plate that tugs at my heart strings- it’s the addition of the orange blossoms, which would have been her mom’s wedding crown. The very large memorial I have in my own collection, which is for three children, includes orange blossom flowers as well. It’s a startling juxtaposition of symbols- the joy and promise of new marriage alongside the unimaginable pain of losing a child. But I remain fascinated by the ways people express themselves through material culture, and the stories these objects tell.

— Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych (via purplebuddhaproject)

by jermytaxidermy

Carte de visite of a woman with ultra long hair taken by Charles Eisenmann, best known for his portraits of Victorian circus & sideshow performers.

HARRIS & EWING / "TORNADO" / 1913–17 [glass negative | 5 x 7"]

Jasmine Worth, “Lying Spirits”, 2015