Tuesday, November 25, 2008

John Thomson - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



John Thomson
Boat Crew, Yangtse River, China
1871

Albumen print, from collodion negative
Private collection of John Hannavy
John Hannavy Picture Collection

LL/31343

Sunday, November 23, 2008

New Era Studios (Chicago) - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



New Era Studios (Chicago)
Lady wearing a mourning pin photographic broach (detail)
n.d.

Cabinet card (detail)
Private collection of Laurie Minor

LL/31310

Friday, November 21, 2008

Kenneth Josephson - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Kenneth Josephson
Matthew
1963 (taken) 1970s (print)

Silver print
12 x 8 ins (30.5 x 20.3 cm)

Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction Oct 21, 2008, Lot 297)

LL/31288

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Weegee - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Weegee
Empire State Building Distortion
1955

Silver print
6 3/4 x 5 1/4 ins (17.1 x 13.3 cm)

Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction Oct 21, 2008, Lot 208)

LL/31270

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Maurice Tabard - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Maurice Tabard
Nature Morte
1931

Silver print
6 3/4 x 9 ins (17.1 x 22.9 cm)

Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction Act 21, 2008, Lot 107)

LL/31241

Anon. - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Anon.
Portrait of an African-American lady
1920s

Celluloid button
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction Act 21, 2008, Lot 78)

LL/31232

Monday, November 17, 2008

Edward S. Curtis - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Edward S. Curtis
Chief of the Desert, Navajo
1904

Orotone
13 3/4 x 10 1/2 ins (34.9 x 26.6 cm)

Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction Act 21, 2008, Lot 37)

LL/31217

Giulio Parisio - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Giulio Parisio
Silenzio
1941

Gelatin silver print, photomontage
16,5 x 18 cm.

Bloomsbury Auctions - Rome
Bloomsbury, Rome (Nov 10, 2008, Sale 17, Lot 319)


LL/31196

Friday, November 14, 2008

Giovanni Crupi - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Giovanni Crupi
Catacombe dei Cappuccini
1910 (ca)

Albumen print, matte
19,5 x 25 cm

Bloomsbury Auctions - Rome
Bloomsbury, Rome (Nov 10, 2008, Sale 17, Lot 77)

LL/31186

Keystone View Company - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Keystone View Company
9540 - The Heavenly Twins
1899 (copyright)

Stereocard, half
Private collection of Kevin Yee

LL/31178

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Melander (Chicago) - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Melander (Chicago)
45 - The Haunted Lane
n.d.

Stereocard, half
Private collection of Kevin Yee

LL/31137

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

László Moholy-Nagy - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



László Moholy-Nagy
Untitled [Photogram]
1943

Gelatin silver print, photogram
199 x 254 mm

Private collection of Marco C. Antonetto
© L. Moholy-Nagy Foundation

LL/31104

Monday, November 10, 2008

Nan Goldin - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Nan Goldin
Vivienne In The Green Dress, NYC
[The Ballad of Sexual Dependency]
1980

Chromogenic print
1016 x 760 mm

Private collection of Marco C. Antonetto
© Nan Goldin

LL/31098

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Erwin Olaf - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Erwin Olaf
Di +1997
[Royal Blood]
2000

Digital Print on Kodak Professional Digital Paper
8.5 x 8.5 in

OMC Gallery for Contemporary Art

LL/31081

Don McCullin - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Don McCullin
Shell Shocked Marine
1968 (taken, later print)

Gelatin silver print
16 5/8 x 11 1/8 in (image) 19 ½ x 16 in (sheet)

Be-Hold
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (52 / 116)

Friday, November 7, 2008

I.W. Taber - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



I.W. Taber [Attributed to]
Ocean Tramp "Malabar" landing coolies at San Francisco
1882 (before)

Albumen print
5 ½ x 8 5/8 in (image) 6 x 9 ¾ in (mount)

Be-Hold
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (52 / 51)

LL/31017

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Frank Rinehart - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Frank Rinehart
Chief Wolf Robe
1898 (copyright)

Platinum print, hand-colored
9 1/4 x 7 3/8 in

Be-Hold
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (52 / 45)

LL/31013

News Service Photo - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



News Service Photo
Sheriff Holman G. Drew who worked on the Harry Thaw Murder Case
n.d.

Gelatin silver print
4 x 7.9 in

Past to Present: Vintage Photo Gallery

LL/30645

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Anon. - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Anon.
dog
[Snapshot Disasters]
1955

Gelatin silver print, snapshot
3 x 5 in

Private collection of Roz Leibowitz

LL/30869

Monday, November 3, 2008

Rick Dingus - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Rick Dingus
Witches Rock #1, TH O’Sullivan, 1869; Witches Rock #1, Rick Dingus for the Rephotographic Survey Project, 1978.
[Rephotographic Survey Project]
1869 / 1978

Various sizes but in matched scales

Provided by the artist - Rick Dingus

LL/30764

Saturday, November 1, 2008

F. Mulnier - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



F. Mulnier
Guiseppe Verdi
1870 (ca)

Carte de visite
2.1 x 3.4 in

Past to Present: Vintage Photo Gallery

LL/30641

Friday, October 31, 2008

Giacomo Brogi - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Giacomo Brogi
Milano, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele
1870 (ca)

Albumen print from glass plate negative
25 x 19 cm (image)

Private Collection of Robert G. Hill, Toronto, Ont.
www.hillcollection.com - Acc: 584

LL/30607

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Anon. - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Anon.
[Men on telegraph pole]
1905-1915 (ca)

Real photo postcard
Private collection of Brian Smolens

LL/30544

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Norman McBeath - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Norman McBeath
By the Sheldonian, Oxford
[City Stories]
1997

Gelatin silver print, fibre base, selenium toned
25 x 17 cm

Provided by the artist - Norman McBeath

LL/30906

Nickolas Muray - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Nickolas Muray
Camel Cigarettes, 3 in Red
1931

Color print, assembly (Carbro) process
George Eastman House: International Museum of Photography and Film
© Nickolas Muray Photo Archives, Courtesy of George Eastman House, Gift of Mrs. Nickolas Muray (71:0034:0022)

LL/30800

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Arthur Rickerby - Luminous-LInt Photograph of the Day



Arthur Rickerby
Mickey Mantle #7 of the New York Yankees addresses the media after a MLB game in the Bronx, New York in 1961
1961

Gelatin silver print
11 x 14 in

Madelyn Jordon Fine Art

LL/30820

Anon. - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Anon.
[The Queen of Hearts]
1905-1915 (ca)

Real photo postcard
Private collection of Brian Smolens

LL/30528

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Ghosts, apparitions, angels, spiritual visitations and views of the future



Anon.
The Ghost
1860s

Stereocard, detail
Stereoviews: Stereoviews and Fine 19th & 20th Century Antique Photographs
Courtesy of David Spahr (www.stereoviews.com)

LL/30160

There can be few photography books as enjoyable as The Perfect Medium: Photography and the Occult by Clement Cheroux, Pierre Apraxine, Andreas Fischer, Denis Canguilhem and Sophie Schmit (Yale University Press, 2004). It takes us into the merging of the real and spiritual worlds with photographs of séances with automatic writing, table-tilting, and ectoplasm excreted by mediums as a physical manifestation of a haunting. It is a story of photography, science, legal proceedings and downright fraud.

This online exhibition of mostly nineteenth century material takes us into the ghostly world of grieving children in church yards, hair raising incidents, protective angels and unexpected apparitions on lonely roads.

Thanks to everybody for providing examples and particularly to Kevin Yee for nudging me along.

There is an online exhibition on Luminous-Lint.

Museo d'Arte of Lugano: Photo20esimo - Masters of 20th Century Photography



László Moholy-Nagy
Untitled [Photogram]
1943

Gelatin silver print, photogram
199 x 254 mm

Private collection of Marco C. Antonetto
© L. Moholy-Nagy Foundation

LL/31104

At the Museo d'Arte of Lugano, Riva Caccia 5, CH - 6900 Lugano in Switzerland the exhibtion Maestri della fotografia del XX secolo [Masters of 20th Century Photography] is running from October 5, 2008 - January 11, 2009 and is based on a private collection of remarkable depth.

The exhibition is divided in a series of themes Abstraction, Portraiture, Art and Artists, Body, Landscape, Reportage, Still Life and Fashion and includes a selection of more than 300 works by masters such as Robert Capa, Robert Doisneau, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Mario Giacomelli, Nan Goldin, Mimmo Jodice, André Kertész, László Moholy-Nagy, Helmut Newton, Robert Mapplethorpe, Irving Penn, Man Ray, Bettina Rheims, Alexander Rodchenko, Thomas Ruff, Andres Serrano, Cindy Sherman, Edward Steichen, Edward Weston and many others.

I'd like to thanks Marco Antonetto and the Museo d'Arte of Lugano for their assistance with this online exhibition.

There is an online exhibition on Luminous-Lint.

Friday, October 24, 2008

Anon. - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Anon.
Pharmaceutical publicity - Irgapyrine
1945 (ca)

Gelatin silver print, photomontage
5.1 x 7.1 in

Past to Present: Vintage Photo Gallery

LL/30640

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Anon. - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Anon.
meteor strikes house
[Snapshot Disasters]
n.d.

Gelatin silver print, snapshot
3 x 4 in

Private collection of Roz Leibowitz

LL/30850

Ludovico Wolfgang Hart - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Ludovico Wolfgang Hart
Jeune fille de Zuck filant de la soie. Maronite
[La Syrie : costumes, voyages, paysages, Paris, Librairie du Petit Journal]
1863-1864

Albumen print
3.2 x 4.1 in (image) 8.2 x 11.4 (mount)

Past to Present: Vintage Photo Gallery

LL/30833

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Charles Marville - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Charles Marville
Blind stamp for Ch. Marville
1865 (ca)

Blind stamp
Private Collection of Robert G. Hill, Toronto, Ont.
www.hillcollection.com - Acc: 764

LL/30666

Peter Feldstein - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Peter Feldstein
Erin Strait
[The Oxford Project]
1984 / 2005

Inkjet print
Welcome Books

LL/30787

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Nickolas Muray - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Nickolas Muray
Hubert Julian Stowitts
1927 (ca)

George Eastman House: International Museum of Photography and Film
© Nickolas Muray Photo Archives, Courtesy of George Eastman House, Gift of Mrs. Nickolas Muray (71:0035:0044)

LL/30801

Rick Dingus - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Rick Dingus
Mound That Recedes When Approached
[Navajo Places]
1992

16 x 20 in

Provided by the artist - Rick Dingus

LL/30739

Saturday, October 18, 2008

David Maisel - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



David Maisel
Untitled
[Library of Dust]
n.d.

Provided by the artist - David Maisel
Courtesy of Chronicle Books and David Maisel

LL/30779

Friday, October 17, 2008

Carleton E. Watkins - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Carleton E. Watkins
Pohono, the Bridal Veil Fall, 900 feet. Yosemite, California
1861 (ca)

Albumen print
12 in x 8 in (30.48 x 20.32 cm)

Antiq-Photo / Rainbow Creations
Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com) - 3us589

LL/30892

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Alinari - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Alinari
Leaning Tower, Pisa
1855 (ca)

Albumen print from wet-collodion glass-plate negative
34 x 25.5 cm (image) 58 x 34 cm (mount)

Private Collection of Robert G. Hill, Toronto, Ont.
www.hillcollection.com - Acc: 078

LL/30594

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Anon. - Luminous-Lint Photograph f the Day



Anon.
[Person in costume]
1905-1915 (ca)

Real photo postcard
Private collection of Brian Smolens

LL/30523

Be-Hold (Auction #52: Oct 30, 2008)



Anon.
Model of a Civil War Ship
n.d.

Tintype, 1/6 plate
Be-Hold
Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (52 / 10)

LL/30995

Larry Gottheim (Be-Hold) has another auction coming up on Oct 30th, 2008 with many surprises in store so check out the full catalog at:

BE-HOLD #52 (Oct 30, 2008) - COMPLETE AUCTION CATALOG

The 52nd Be-hold catalog/internet auction of photographs will take place on Thursday, October 30th, starting at 2:00 p.m. (Eastern.)

Appropriate to this dark time there is a large series of photographs dealing with 20th Century wars. Some of the material is very disturbing, yet these are powerful and revealing photographs that show how art and documentation are closely entwined. A major group of offerings deals with Vietnam, These are grouped almost year by year, from the end of the French involvement up to the aftermath in Cambodia. They are mostly period press photographs, with the original “slugs” attached that provide important contexts for the images. The photographers are often credited. Photographs by some of the major photographers such as Sean Flynn, Kyoichi Sawada, Philip Jones Griffith and Don McCullin are offered individually. The WWII photographs include a series of late war reconnaissance photographs used for bombing raids over targets in Japan, Groups of original German press photographs deal with ventures in Africa. They also show Germany’s connections with her future ally Japan. The group includes interesting aviation-related photographs, and scenes from the Russian front. A fascinating photo album is offered that was made from a wing section of a downed German fighter lane by a U.S. bomber squadron. There are also photographs from the Spanish Civil War, and grotesque images of Chinese beheadings, as well as unique photographs showing atrocities from the Japanese war in China before and during WWII.

From an earlier historical period there are a number of photographs dealing with American Indian culture during the period of Western expansion, with some fine portraits of prominent chiefs from the late 19th century. These include a beautiful hand-colored portrait of Geronimo by Erwin, several by F. A. Rinehart, and a fine tissue gravure by E. S. Curtis. Late 19th century and early 20th century American photographs include interesting Adirondack scenes by S. R. Stoddard, and lovely large albumen photographs of scenes in Saratoga. There is a Yosemite scene on boudoir mount by Carleton Watkins published by Taber, as well as a very rare important albumen print on a boudoir mount by Taber showing Chinese coolies embarking from a ship at San Francisco. A good selection of Northwest logging scenes by Darius Kinsey is also offered.

Early 19th century photography includes a select group of daguerreotypes and other early images, including a rare “ivorytype” by Germon of Philadelphia. An important group of cartes de visite is of Count Olympe Aguado and his family. Agaudo was the amateur photographer who first made small format photographs to be used as calling cards. The portraits are by Disderi, who commercially exploited that format. There are early salted paper prints by James Robertson and Robert MacPherson.On a lighter side, there are nude and fashion photographs by Germaine Krull, P. H. Oelman, Horst (and a related self-portrait by Dr. Agha), a touching portrait of Marilyn by Halsman (more personal than those more commonly offered.) Recent nude and fashion photographs are by Irina Ionesco, Jock Sturges and a striking “one of kind” Fresson print by Shiela Metzner. One of the principle offerings is a portfolio by Albert Watson, 12 nude photographs of fashion models made in 1977 in an edition of 12 for Watson’s favored clients.

Be-hold continues to present interesting photographs by major photographers, with works by Atget, Leonard Misonne, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Kertesz, Doisneau and others. There are portraits by Jesse Tarbox Beals, James Van Der Zee, Barbara Morgan, and a series of 1969- 1970 portraits of California photographers including Ansel Adams, Brett Weston, Wynn Bullock and Imogen Cunningham by Joan Murray.

The catalog and web absentee auction will take place on Thursday October 30th at 2:00 (Eastern.) Subscription forms for the catalog, color scans and further information can be found on the be-hold.com web site or by calling 914.423.5806.

All those interested are invited to look over the material in NYC on Friday, October 24th, from 2:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., on Saturday October 25th, 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m., and Sunday October 26th, 9:00 a.m. – noon. The NYC preview will take place at the Affinia 50 Hotel, 50th

Street at 3d Avenue, with a reception on Friday and Saturday evenings.

Carte-de-visite (CDVs)



F.B. Clench's
[USA]
n.d.

Carte de visite (Back)
Antiq-Photo / Rainbow Creations
Courtesy of Anthony Davis - Antiq-photo / Rainbow creations (www.19cPhoto.com)

LL/9388

For those that are intrigued by Carte-de-visite (CDVs) there is a Yahoo discussion group available at

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cartes_de_visite/

This groups is frequented by notable photo-historians and collectors of CDVs and if you have any questions it is a good place to follow up your research. I thought that it might be useful to show here some of the online exhibitions on Luminous-Lint that include CDVs.

1Carte de visite
2 Royalty
3 Celebrities
4 Occupational
5 Backs
6 Storage and display


With thanks to all of those that have shared their knowledge so willing over the last few years.

Phyllis Galembo - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Phyllis Galembo
Mami Wata Mask, Cross River, Nigeria
[West African Masquerade]
2004

Ilfochrome
30 x 30 in

Steven Kasher Gallery
Courtesy of the Steven Kasher Gallery and the artist Phyllis Galembo

LL/30362

Sunday, October 12, 2008

Melander - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Melander
94 - The Widow's Mite
1870s

Stereocard, detail
Stereoviews: Stereoviews and Fine 19th & 20th Century Antique Photographs
Courtesy of David Spahr (www.stereoviews.com)

LL/30152

Anon. - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Anon.
Holding an Image
n.d.

Daguerreotype, half plate, cased
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs (Skylight Gallery Catalog 27, October, 23, 2008 #1)

LL/30930

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Anon. - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Anon.
Dreams of Childhood
n.d.

Tintype
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs (Skylight Gallery Catalog 27, October, 23, 2008 #39)

LL/30947

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Le Roy's Gem Gallery - Luminous-Lint Photograph of the Day



Le Roy's Gem Gallery (Newburgh, N.Y.)
Three ladies reading a letter
1860s (ca)

Tintype, mounted in CDV
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs (Skylight Gallery Catalog 27, October, 23, 2008 #41)

LL/30951

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

LeRoy Parkinson - Luminous-Lint Phoograph of the Day



LeRoy Parkinson (Fox Lake, Wis[consin])
Nine Vignettes of a young boy in different poses
n.d.

Cabinet card format printing-out print
Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs
Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs (Skylight Gallery Catalog 27, October, 23, 2008 #72)

LL/30971