by joshua heineman ( about cb )

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PROJECTS

Reaching for the Out of Reach

Blog Art (looks)

Blog Words (reads)

Reclaiming the World through Photography

Fever Math

Ahhhhhmegazine
no. 5, no. 4, no. 3,
no. 2, no. 1 (art mags)

Overheard in SF

You Do Not Need to be Emperor

Polaroids/Photos

The Last Works
of Egon Schiele

SONGS ( more )

- summertime
- so don't you worry
- chance is our machine
- out tonite
- icstaww
- sun's not rising yet

c u r s i v e
b u i l d i n g s
f o r e v e r

miracles

portraits in red

flickr as a game you cannot win

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Reaching for the Out of Reach 21:

A street vendor balances a box on his head, South Carolina, circa 1875.

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June 19

Reaching for the Out of Reach 20:

American Civil War veterans pose at Gettysburg, circa 1890.

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June 18

Reaching for the Out of Reach 19:

A train runs between large banks of snow on the F&P, Wisconsin, circa 1890.

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June 17

TRAFFIC JAM

if cursivebuildings.com was a highway, we’d all be bumper to bumper this week… serious. thank you so much for the following links & features:

this entire website (tumblr staff pick)
ahhhhh mega-zine (joshua longbrake, pamela klaffke, so it goes)
flickr as a game you cannot win (noah kalina)
reaching for the out of reach series (reddit, digg, wired, neatorama, core77, ehrensenf, meneame, & several rad personal blogs)

thanks for kicking around cursivebuildings.

[ ps. watching this (1:50-2:10) was absolutely surreal ]

Reaching for the Out of Reach 18:

A buffalo causes a stir in the streets of Chicago, circa 1890.

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June 12

Reaching for the Out of Reach 17:

Cassiano indian at San Antonio Mission, said to be 136 years old, circa 1880.

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June 10

Reaching for the Out of Reach 16:

Amateur barber during the American Civil War, circa 1863.

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Reaching for the Out of Reach 15:

Horseshoe Curve in the Allegheny Mountains, Pennsylvania, circa 1908.

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March 11

Reaching for the Out of Reach 14:

Vine-covered structure in Central Park, New York City, circa 1882.

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Reaching for the Out of Reach 13:

Broadway, New York City, circa 1860.

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March 10

Reaching for the Out of Reach 12:

Photographer 18 stories above Fifth Avenue, New York City, 1906.

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Reaching for the Out of Reach 11:

“Powder monkey” on the Pawnee, American civil war, circa 1863.

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March 9

Reaching for the Out of Reach 10:

Cooking classes at Proximity Cotton Mill, North Carolina, 1909.

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Reaching for the Out of Reach 9:

Coffee cargo & shipwreck of the Minmanuett, Massachusetts, circa 1878.

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March 8

i’m breathing new life into the past using old digitized photographs from the new york public library. i’ve spent hours rekindling these moments. & they will not be the last. i’m so so deep on these funny little things… it’s like the past has rediscovered a dimension!

please note:
these are made from old stereographs. i’m happy this series has somehow reached every corner of the internet. the actual process is very simple. the entire series is a product of my own curiosities, completely… having no thoughts that you, lovely stranger, would be reading these words & seeing those photographs. still. i’m glad you came.

by joshua heineman ( about cb )

TRAFFIC JAM

REACHING FOR THE OUT OF REACH