JF Ptak Science Books LLC Post 448
I have been surprised by the strength and endurance of this series on
blank and missing people--astonished, really, that there would be so
much that would present itself in such incidental ways. I do not go
out of my way to find these things, they just come to me in the course
of daily living; perhaps if I looked for them I would see them less
frequently.
Mr. 52 and Mr. 53 are part of a group picture of Esteemed British Yachtsmen in the 24 August 1884 issue of The Graphic magazine--it is actually a smartly-conceived thumbnail image index of a double-page photo, an easily-readable key to a complex photo. The effect of taking it out of context, though, is remarkable, turning the index into a wood engraving of number-only-blank-faced people with facial hair attributes.
THis image a
I think it's a group of guys waiting to enter a porn theater.
Posted by: Jeff | 29 December 2008 at 10:56 PM
It does appear, John, that you suffered Postus Interruptus. Not sure if that's because the doors of Jeff's imagined theater opened or what...
Posted by: Rick | 30 December 2008 at 02:54 PM