June 20, 2008

Illustration/Vintage Photographs: Diableries

So you thought Viewmaster was first? Well, think again!






"Diableries are wonderful examples of the fascination for death in 19th Century photography and made with a lot of imagination and humor. Death in photography is seen in many different ways but here we see the subject in a less serious interpretation."

Diableries: Early Visual Media - "Life of the Devil in Hell at the End of the 19th Century - Death and Humor in Stereophotography"

Via the great Coisas do arco da velha!