circles - tristesse engraved

how soon unaccountable i became tired and sick,
till rising and gliding out i wander’d off by myself,
in the mystical moist night-air,
and from time to time,
look’d up in perfect silence at the stars.*
capturing light - walt whitman -
when i heard the learn’d astonomer

images -
séraphine louis - fruit (frucht)
william langenheim and frederick langenheim - eclipse - 26 may 1854
susan derges - chladni figures - 1985
anders ritter von ettingshausen - section of clematis - 4 march 1840
rosalind franklin and r.c. gosling - x-ray diffraction patterns of a and b forms of sodium salt of dna - 1952
amédée guillemin - polychrome interference patterns, le monde physique - 1882
susan derges - hermetica (detail) - 1993
giuseppe pellizza da volpedo - the rising sun - 1904
alfred stevens - the milky way - 1885-1886

various image selections of mine have been included in the september issue of tristesse engraved - please take a look at it .
(many thanks to jez riley french for his generous efforts in helping to get this all out on time)

specimens and marvels - tristesse engraved

images - william henry fox talbot

photomicrograph of a crystal - study of polarized light -
albumenised paper print - ca. 1851

photomicrograph of interference patterns - study of polarized light through crystals - albumenised paper print - ca. 1851

photomicrograph of three crystals - study of polarized light - calotype negative - ca. 1840

photomicrograph of interference pattern - study of polarized light through crystals - albumenised paper print - ca. 1851

page 197: horatia at her harp - salt paper print from a calotype negative - ca. 1843

(all images can be found in the august 2011 issue of tristesse engraved, a first in a series that i am contributing various art of memory images to)