Accidental Mysteries

Accidental Mysteries is an online curiosity shop of extraordinary things, mined from the depths of the online world and brought to you each week by John Foster, a writer, designer and longtime collector of self-taught art and vernacular photography. “I enjoy the search for incredible, obscure objects that challenge, delight and amuse my eye. More so, I enjoy sharing these discoveries with the diverse and informed readers of Design Observer.”

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Comments [6]

Beautiful.

Hillerns
11.28.10
01:23

John you have been doing a great job but I wonder WHY there is NO
credit attached to the selected images. Keep the good work.Francois

Francois ROBERT
11.28.10
05:11

@francis – click through for source.

Hunter Savage
11.29.10
09:48

My friend Francois, if you click on the image it will take you immediately to the source, allowing you to see not just the image I selected but the broader context from which it came.

John Foster
11.30.10
06:05

The first image is not linking correctly. I'd love to see where it is from.

tgb
12.02.10
11:54

Fantastic, as most of the accidental mysteries posts.
'Escape from Comic Sans' is a must, anyway!

Stefania
01.28.11
02:26

John Foster and his wife, Teenuh, have been longtime collectors of self-taught art and vernacular photography. Their collection of anonymous, found snapshots has toured the country for five years and has been featured in Harper’s, Newsweek Online and others.

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