In the 19th Century having a photograph taken was a lengthy process. Frustrated by the difficulties of getting children to sit still long enough to snap a proper photo , photographers in the 1800’s conceived of a technique called “The Hidden Mother”. Draping a sheet over the mothers head in an attempt to camouflage her as a part of the furniture to better emphasize the child, the mother was then able to hold her infant and keep them still long enough for the camera to get an exposure. Vintage photographs already have a eerie feel to them, but these images of moms as cloaked phantoms take the creep factor to the next level.
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Sufjan Stevens
Chicago
Chicago - Sufjan Stevens
It was for freedom, from myself and from the land.
An Interactive 360° Aerial Panorama of the World’s Highest Waterfall. Angel Falls, Venezuela.
Increíble lo cargado que estamos en paraíso.
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She had spent all her life in feeling miserable; this misery was her native element; its fluctuations, its varying depths, alone save her the impression of moving and living. What bothers me is that a sense of misery, and nothing else, is not enough to make a permanent soul.
— Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov (via thechocolatebrigade)
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Regina Spektor
Don't Leave Me (Ne Me Quitte Pas)
Don’t Leave Me (Ne Me Quitte Pas) - Regina Spektor
Down in Paris they walk fast
That is, unless they’re walking slow
And in cafes they look away
That is, unless they look right in
And in the gardens I get lost
That is, unless I’m getting found
And if you are the ghost of New York city
Won’t you stick around?
Ne me quitte pas, mon chere
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Radiohead
Climbing Up The Walls
Climbing Up The Walls by Radiohead
Album: OK Computer
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Georges Méliès (left, standing) as a medium in the lost film Phantom Apparitions (1910, dir. Georges Méliès) (via)
