Figure and Ground tag:traumwerk.stanford.edu,2010:/figureandground//2 2010-01-25T18:40:45Z at a scene of crime anything might be relevant ... Movable Type 3.33 please visit the new sites tag:traumwerk.stanford.edu,2010:/figureandground//2.753 2010-01-25T18:39:53Z 2010-01-25T18:40:45Z a new version of this blog can be found at mshanks.com [Link] see also archaeographer.com [Link] for photography and the archaeological imagination... Michael Shanks http://metamedia.stanford.edu/~mshanks a new version of this blog can be found at

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for photography and the archaeological imagination

]]> ghost in the mirror tag:traumwerk.stanford.edu,2008:/figureandground//2.684 2008-12-15T20:23:53Z 2008-12-15T20:26:11Z Daguerreotype c 1850. Oblique view. See the project Ghosts in the machine.... Michael Shanks http://metamedia.stanford.edu/~mshanks Daguerreotype-11-2008.jpg

Daguerreotype c 1850. Oblique view.

See the project Ghosts in the machine.

]]> Anderson Valley tag:traumwerk.stanford.edu,2008:/figureandground//2.680 2008-11-26T20:31:46Z 2008-12-15T19:39:44Z Up from Boonville. An old apple tree. Few are now left. The valley is turning from fruit trees and sheep farming to Pinot Noir. We heard that our friends at Lazy Creek Vineyards, an idyllic spot near Philo, have... Michael Shanks http://metamedia.stanford.edu/~mshanks Boonville-apple-tree-HDR.jpg

Up from Boonville. An old apple tree. Few are now left. The valley is turning from fruit trees and sheep farming to Pinot Noir. We heard that our friends at Lazy Creek Vineyards, an idyllic spot near Philo, have just been bought by a large Nevada-based corporation.

]]> Rotterdam tag:traumwerk.stanford.edu,2008:/figureandground//2.681 2008-11-02T00:42:11Z 2008-12-15T19:44:21Z Westmalle Tripel - the classic.... Michael Shanks http://metamedia.stanford.edu/~mshanks Rotterdam-bar.jpg

Westmalle Tripel - the classic.

]]> Cilurnum, Hadrian's Wall tag:traumwerk.stanford.edu,2008:/figureandground//2.682 2008-09-14T20:50:11Z 2008-12-15T19:52:50Z Chesters Roman Fort, Cilurnum.... Michael Shanks http://metamedia.stanford.edu/~mshanks Chesters-01.jpg

Chesters Roman Fort, Cilurnum.

]]> Chesters, Hadrian's Wall tag:traumwerk.stanford.edu,2008:/figureandground//2.683 2008-09-14T19:53:33Z 2008-12-15T19:54:17Z Cilurnum.... Michael Shanks http://metamedia.stanford.edu/~mshanks Chesters-02.jpg

Cilurnum.

]]> Heavenfield, UK tag:traumwerk.stanford.edu,2008:/figureandground//2.625 2008-06-01T00:23:29Z 2008-12-10T04:49:28Z Deniseburna near Hefenfelth on Hadrian's Wall. 633 or 634. Oswald of Bernicia met and defeated in battle Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd. (Polaroid transfer)... Michael Shanks http://metamedia.stanford.edu/~mshanks Heavenfield.jpg

Deniseburna near Hefenfelth on Hadrian's Wall. 633 or 634. Oswald of Bernicia met and defeated in battle Cadwallon ap Cadfan of Gwynedd.

(Polaroid transfer)

]]> Shadforth, Durham UK tag:traumwerk.stanford.edu,2008:/figureandground//2.624 2008-05-31T12:40:42Z 2008-12-10T04:50:09Z Dawn. For Christina Unwin and Richard Hingley.... Michael Shanks http://metamedia.stanford.edu/~mshanks

Dawn.

For Christina Unwin and Richard Hingley.

]]> Big Sur restaged tag:traumwerk.stanford.edu,2008:/figureandground//2.685 2008-05-17T20:54:06Z 2008-12-15T20:58:29Z A variation on the previous photo - [Link]... Michael Shanks http://metamedia.stanford.edu/~mshanks Big-Sur-1005749.jpg

A variation on the previous photo - [Link]

]]> Big Sur tag:traumwerk.stanford.edu,2008:/figureandground//2.621 2008-05-17T18:57:41Z 2008-05-20T18:58:16Z Michael Shanks http://metamedia.stanford.edu/~mshanks figure-ground-149.jpg

]]> Big Sur tag:traumwerk.stanford.edu,2008:/figureandground//2.620 2008-05-17T18:49:48Z 2008-05-20T18:56:52Z One of those staged viewpoints. We are little different from the days of the Claude Glass - a tinted convex mirror through which the tourist or artist of the picturesque and sublime could see a composed and painterly image.... Michael Shanks http://metamedia.stanford.edu/~mshanks figure-ground-150.jpg

One of those staged viewpoints.

We are little different from the days of the Claude Glass - a tinted convex mirror through which the tourist or artist of the picturesque and sublime could see a composed and painterly image.

Now we have the wide angle lens, saturated color (after Fuji Velvia), and the LCD of the digital camera.

]]> Routin Lin tag:traumwerk.stanford.edu,2008:/figureandground//2.615 2008-05-06T23:03:39Z 2008-05-06T23:06:25Z By the hill fort and over the falls.... Michael Shanks http://metamedia.stanford.edu/~mshanks

By the hill fort and over the falls.

]]> Anderson Valley tag:traumwerk.stanford.edu,2008:/figureandground//2.622 2008-05-06T22:19:02Z 2008-05-23T05:24:32Z Boonville, Dan's radio station. Fuji Fortia, old stock.... Michael Shanks http://metamedia.stanford.edu/~mshanks figure-ground-153.jpg

Boonville, Dan's radio station.

Fuji Fortia, old stock.

]]> epigraphy #3 tag:traumwerk.stanford.edu,2008:/figureandground//2.587 2008-04-25T19:11:29Z 2008-04-29T06:28:37Z Bamburgh, Northumberland UK... Michael Shanks http://metamedia.stanford.edu/~mshanks figure-ground-128.jpg

Bamburgh, Northumberland UK

]]> Yosemite Valley tag:traumwerk.stanford.edu,2008:/figureandground//2.592 2008-02-18T19:33:24Z 2008-04-26T20:09:08Z Michael Shanks http://metamedia.stanford.edu/~mshanks figure-ground-112.jpg

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