John Foster

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

The Dreamland Motel

A reivew of the vanishing signage of our American landscape.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Face Time

This week, John Foster looks at the endless fascination we have with the human face and the myriad ways it can be transformed.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

The Private World of Martina Kubelk

A photo album containing 99 pages and over 380 photographs; self-portraits of a man in women’s clothes.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Nineteenth Century Menu Covers

A gallery of 19th Century Menu Covers curated by John Foster.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Imperfect Beauty

A collection of 26 photographic images with either deliberate or accidental flaws.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

The Renewed Art of Embroidered Photographs

Few creative things today are truly new — it's the work that builds on, pushes forward and continues to invent that gets noticed.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Native American Design

The National Museum of the American Indian has one of the most extensive collections of Native American art and artifacts in the United States.  

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Capturing Imagination

The ten most popular galleries from John Foster in 2013.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

From Russia With Doubt

From Russia with Doubt is the true story about brothers Ron and Roger Pollard, two amateur collectors who enjoyed going to flea markets and estate sales, picking up objects, paintings — anything they happened to like.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Garry Winogrand Retrospective At National Gallery

Accidental Mysteries for December 15, 2013 fouses on street photographer Garry Winogrand.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Messenger Boys, Call Girls and a Photographer

Accidental Mysteries for December 1, 2013 focuses on the photography of Lewis Wickes Hine, whose photographs were instrumental in changing the child labor laws in the United States.

John Foster|Accidental Mysteries

Graphics of Authority

A look at the police cars that may or may not want to be seen.