illiterateliterature

A small bit of something large in a tiny place. A collection of sounds & images sometimes together, Photos taken by me or others

[nevver]

Glimmering, Amy Friend

[sophi-aubrey]

Ph. Kristoffer Albrecht

[the-cricket-chirps]

Ralph Goings

Still Life with Straws

1978

[suonko]

[felixinclusis]

suonko​: Orpheus and Euridice /detail/  by Enrico Scuri (1806-1884)

[hauntedbystorytelling]

Man Ray :: Shadow Patterns on Lee Miller’s Torso, ca.1930. Gelatin silver print. | src the huffington post

more [+++] Lee Miller’s / more [++] Man Ray’s

[hauntedbystorytelling]

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[photoshamanism]

!?…a life… ?!

[red-flower-red]

Embroidered Book Covers, 15th-17th centuries

[flowerytale]

“The Blue Iris”, from Andrea Zanatelli’s embroidery series

[thevisualvamp]

Eye see you

[talonabraxas]

[inritus]

Aiko’s Hands, 1971. Photographed by Imogen Cunningham.

[folkfashion]

Bai man, China, by Li Yingqing and Zheng Caixiong

[folkfashion]

Lechones masker, Dominican Republic, by Charles Fréger

[images-that-inspire]

William Mortensen - Mutual Admiration (1933)

[undr]

Jeff Carter, Tobacco Road, Ovens Valley, Victoria, Australia, 1956.

[baddreamland]

“Ottoman drugs containing rhubarb, cinnamon, mastic gum, Chinese turmeric, amber, musk, balm of Gilead, Meccan myrrh, white pepper, opium, rose water, cast into moulds & inscribed with healing incantations, 16C“

‡ Yasmine Seale

[keskiyo]

“La Recherce Expedition” (Lucien Rudaux, 1838)

[through-a-historic-lens]

Cheyenne woman, Oklahoma, c. 1890-1904.