John Foster

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Accidental Mysteries

Accidental Mysteries, a weekly cabinet of curiosities curated by John Foster, highlights images of design, art, architecture and ephemera brought to light by the magic of the digital age.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Accidental Mysteries

Accidental Mysteries, a weekly cabinet of curiosities curated by John Foster, highlights images of design, art, architecture and ephemera brought to light by the magic of the digital age.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Dreams of the Sonora Aero Club

The mysterious, double-sided, collaged watercolor drawings that comprise the journals of Charles August Albert Dellschau.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

A Collection for the Ages

Thee collection of Mr. Elli Buk: microscopes and telescopes; medical devices and quackery; patent models and salesman's samples and more.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

A Philatelist’s Dream

Preliminary sketches, production notes and overlays that tell the backstory of more than a century of Dutch postage stamps.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

The Portrait in Snapshot Photography

The following portraits represent a mere fraction of the vernacular images from the Accidental Mysteries collection, ranging from late Nineteenth to the mid-Twentieth century.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Dog Days of Summer

The Romans called this early August period dies caniculares, which meant “dog star days” after Sirius, the Dog Star. Herewith, some pictorial respite from the heat.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Welcome to the Asylum

A selection of images that came from the days when ‘asylum’ was a noun, not a verb.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Japanese Municipality Logos

A look at the forward-thinking, abstract logos that symbolize Japanese city municipalities.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Shoe Designs Before 1900

Having never really taken the time to look at ancient shoes (I have only three pair of shoes myself — black, brown and a pair running shoes), I was very impressed with the creativity and design of shoes from centuries ago.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Found, Cut, and Rearranged: The Art of John Stezaker

For almost four decades, the artist John Stezaker has been appropriating “found” photographs and focusing on a new way of seeing.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Reflections in a Golden Eye

The optics- and vision-centered work of Harris Diamant