EXPOSED Glass Plate Negative Holder (Poignant Readymade) antique leather cutting die which is what especially sold

which is what especially sold me on it

which have the effect of putting us right there

and all the better for them--to my eye

which doesn't jump out but is visible if looking for it

EXPOSED Glass Plate Negative Holder (Poignant Readymade) antique leather cutting die which is what especially soldI love this as a found object, complete unto itself (and which feels like it pretty much sums up everything) though one could also alter it by placing two glass plate slides inside, which would change its nature. (I had one of these previously that still had glass plates in it which made it feel very much like the encapsulation of a peep show; black shades veiling glass windows which one could then sliding open to expose them.) Here, it is just