Gertrude Käsebier’s crystal gazer

The Crystal Gazer (or The Magic Crystal, 1904).

The photographs of Gertrude Käsebier (1852–1934) seem to be popular with art directors; the picture above was used on the sleeve of the Spangle Maker EP by the Cocteau Twins in 1984 and her Silhouette of a Woman / A Maiden at Prayer (1899) appeared on the cover of the Nonesuch recording of Henryk Górecki’s Symphony no. 3 in 1991.

The Spangle Maker by The Cocteau Twins (design by 23 Envelope).

• Gertrude Käsebier at the Art of the Photogravure

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• Karl Blossfeldt
• The Dawn of the Autochrome
• Fred Holland Day
• The Door in the Wall
• Edward Steichen
• Mark Twain and Nikola Tesla