Gang of Four, Very Charismatic and Contemporary Feeling Antique Tintype 1970s exhibition poster retrieved from the archive of

retrieved from the archive of a shoemakers workshop long since closed

I'm drawn like a magnet to antique hand-sewn toy balls like this

but most pages are quite clean

seemingly product of having just enough purple velvet scrap to make it around the top edge of the mesh

" then pulling up a central divider

Gang of Four, Very Charismatic and Contemporary Feeling Antique Tintype 1970s exhibition poster retrieved from the archive ofThis antique tintype amazes me for how completely contemporary these four look. And, as I've noted before, I find that stark tintypes like this, more than any other sort of photographs, make the subjects feel as if they are just right here in the room, hearts beating. What a gang of four, immediately making me think of Clockwork Orange, and with the young man at top left and lower right especially seeming as if just walked out of a Peter Hujar