Photographer Troy Paiva stalks lonely ghostlands of abandoned spaces, capturing nighttime images of hidden cemeteries, forgotten buildings, and secret landscapes lost to time, all bathed in a Burton-esque wash of unearthly light. One such place, the Presidio Pet Cemetery, created an… Read More ›
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Silent Sundays: Olga the Headless Lady (1930)
Olga the Headless Lady, sideshow “headless girl” illusion invented by Egon Heineman, 1930’s. Related Posts: – Silent Sundays: Trepanation (1944) – Silent Sundays: The Brain Eaters (1958) – Silent Sundays: Photo Prisma Almanac No. 5 (1952)
Silent Sunday: Corsets (1912)
Boulevard de Strasbourg (Corsets), photographed by Eugène Atget, Paris, 1912 Related Posts: – Silent Sundays: Peggy Ashcroft (1953) – Silent Sundays: Trepanation (1944) – Silent Sundays: Bianca Passarge (1958)