bandersnatch

the office
is open.

1935 —

FEDERAL PHOTOGRAPHY
PROJECT
FIELD OFFICE E
SOUTHERN REGION

enter the file → A crimson cardinal on a bare branch in the dark woodland EXHIBIT VI / THE CARDINAL
A long white silk sheet draped from an oak branch into the still water of a Southern river
COLLECTION 001 — EDITIONS OF 24walk the county line →

THE CLOTHES / IN THE COUNTY

worn into the record.

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AI-generated campaign portrait of an adult model wearing the the scripture tee; original product photographs are available in the file

LOT 001 / COLLECTION 001

the scripture tee

$40
AI-generated campaign portrait of an adult model wearing the the chapel baby tee; original product photographs are available in the file

LOT 002 / COLLECTION 001

the chapel baby tee

$38
AI-generated campaign portrait of an adult model wearing the the cardinal; original product photographs are available in the file

LOT 006 / COLLECTION 001

the cardinal

$40

AI-styled campaign and product imagery. Open each holding for original print details, sizes and availability.

THE FILE / NOW PRINTING

the holdings.

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lot no. 001, the scripture tee — the question from ezekiel 37:3 screen printed over a dead tree

lot 001 · the scripture tee · $40

 lot no. 002, the chapel baby tee — the clapboard chapel printed small on a fitted baby tee

lot 002 · the chapel baby tee · $38

 lot no. 003, the estate lot — one garment from the estate, sealed in the file

lot 003 · the estate lot · $32

 lot no. 004, the confession tee — the confession screen printed with three claw marks torn through the word

lot 004 · the confession tee · $40

 lot no. 005, the porch light — a sagging beam, one bulb burning, three moths that never learned

lot 005 · the porch light · $40

 lot no. 006, the cardinal tee — the estate's bird drawn proud on a bare branch

lot 006 · the cardinal · $40

 lot no. 007, the breakwater — contract no. 001 printed whole as the reward poster it is

lot 007 · the breakwater · $40

 lot no. 008, the river hymn tee — shall we gather at the river, printed over a winding river

lot 008 · the river hymn · $40
A bellows camera and tied papers in the window light of the old field office

NOTICE / POSTED AT THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE

the file is
not closed.

in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-five the government sent photographers into the counties, that the hard times might be set down in a record. in the year nineteen hundred and forty-three the offices were dissolved. this one was not.

for ninety years the field office has photographed one county. it files the damage done by the animal. it prints the places and not the people. it keeps what it is given.

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room i the file the holdings. lots 001–011, printed in editions of 24, numbered by hand, sealed in wax. enter room ii the bestiary three exhibits. one of them has never been photographed. enter room iii virginia the estate of the field photographer. the date stays open. enter