Their eyes met with a singular directness of gaze. Between them a spark passed which was not afterwards to be distinguished, though neither of them knew the moment of its kindling…
Text: excerpt from ‘The Shuttle,’ 1907, Frances Hodgson Burnett
Image: photographer, subjects, unknown
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You’re killing me. All these beautiful images of photographer, subjects, unknown.
For our children/grandchildren this will be a new Pompeii. They will resurrect a world buried beneath an avalanche of fear and hate.
Don’t think we don’t value your work here.
Ditto what Stephen said.
We need you.
Hi Kenneth!
This is Erin from the Heathrow to Newark flight. What a beautiful collection of photographs and excerpts you’ve put together. Really fantastic curation. Hope you made it to DC okay!
All best,
Erin
inventions of typography
handwritten by the author.
Of his works, he is especially famous
XVII century was Nicholas Jarry .
new texts were rewritten
among them acquired “Moral
elements (case, binding).
or their samples written
One of the most skilled calligraphers
Libraries of the Carolingian era). IN
55 thousand Greek, 30 thousand Armenian
among them acquired “Moral
European glory, and even after
from lat. manus – “hand” and scribo – “I write”) ]
Century to a kind of destruction: