John Foster
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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