crssanoptic’s inscrutable machines
anoptic creates geometric gifs that are beautiful but at the same time feel old fashioned, like something Tesla would have created if he had a computer in 1900. While anoptic prefers to remain anonymous, he or she did make an interesting comment about animated gifs: “The art of the gif is in the loop. The single idea repeated over and over - both unending and unchanging at the same time. A glimpse at processes normally invisible, like peering into the workings of the inscrutable machine. Done well, it’s mesmerizing.” Exactly.
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Postmortem photography or memento mori, the photographing of a deceased person, was a common practice in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The photographs were considered a keepsake to remember the dead. Child mortality was high during the Victorian era. For many children even a common sickness could be fatal. When a child or other family member died, families would often have a photograph taken before burial. Many times it was the first and last photograph they would ever possess of their loved one. Many postmortem photographs were close-ups of the face or shots of the full body. The deceased were usually depicted to appear as if they were in a deep sleep, or else arranged to appear more life-like. Children were often shown on a couch or in a crib, often posed with a favorite toy. It was not uncommon to photograph very young children with a family member, most frequently the mother. Adults were more commonly posed in chairs or even propped up on something.
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