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Howick – The Bathing House

July 30, 2007February 26, 2025 by Michael Shanks

In the tracks of northern antiquaries, summer 2007 Part of the estate of the second Earl Grey (1832 Reform Bill) on the Northumberland coast, UK.

Posted in borderlands, chorography, figure and ground, landscapes, photography 1 Comment

The W, San Francisco

June 28, 2007 by Michael Shanks
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Pencader, West Wales

February 13, 2007February 26, 2025 by Michael Shanks

Tracking Sarah Jacob – Three Rooms

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post mortem

October 22, 2005February 26, 2025 by Michael Shanks

Photographs taken after the death of a child were popular in the mid nineteenth century. Daguerreotype, 1850s, eastern USA.

Posted in (re)framing, figure and ground, memento mori, photography, physiognomy, ruins and remains, the spectral, the uncanny Leave a comment

gravestone, Bamburgh, Joyous Garde

July 16, 2005February 26, 2025 by Michael Shanks

Northumberland UK In the graveyard of Saint Aidan’s church – built in the 13th century. Founded c635.

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Gary Hill – theater archaeology?

June 12, 2005 by Michael Shanks

Gary Hill in the Colosseum – part of the Presence Project at Stanford.

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