John Cronin
Photographer

Drinking vessels from Mexico.
Collected by @malik_acid_world
Photography by @johncron1n

Drinking vessels from Mexico.
Collected by @malik_acid_world
Photography by @johncron1n

Charming Stones in Chichibu, Japan. A family owned museum exhibiting a quirky collection of stones that resemble human faces. The stones were found in the nearby Arakawa river over a 50 year period.

Charming Stones in Chichibu, Japan. A family owned museum exhibiting a quirky collection of stones that resemble human faces. The stones were found in the nearby Arakawa river over a 50 year period.

Subtle helical ridge differences between the new (top) and old (bottom) Japanese 500 Yen coin. The new version, introduced due to counterfeits, didn’t work in vending machines during my visit earlier this year. They both have the same diameter but the new version is 0.1g heavier.

A series of photographs and some text from my visit to the Denge Sound Mirrors in 2022 for @folly_arch. Folly asked contributors to explore loss from an architectural perspective. Thank you @rosiebalaam

A series of photographs and some text from my visit to the Denge Sound Mirrors in 2022 for @folly_arch. Folly asked contributors to explore loss from an architectural perspective. Thank you @rosiebalaam

A series of photographs and some text from my visit to the Denge Sound Mirrors in 2022 for @folly_arch. Folly asked contributors to explore loss from an architectural perspective. Thank you @rosiebalaam

A series of photographs and some text from my visit to the Denge Sound Mirrors in 2022 for @folly_arch. Folly asked contributors to explore loss from an architectural perspective. Thank you @rosiebalaam

A series of photographs and some text from my visit to the Denge Sound Mirrors in 2022 for @folly_arch. Folly asked contributors to explore loss from an architectural perspective. Thank you @rosiebalaam

Rotten luck? I visited the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles earlier this year and was struck by an exhibition on magician Ricky Jay’s decaying dice. The dice were made from cellulose nitrate (the first synthetic plastic) and although initially a stable material, over decades the dice would start to crystallise, decompose and finally implode. Photographs weren’t allowed in the museum so I purchased my own rotting dice to make a still life. These particular dice are from Kentucky, rolled during the 1950s illegal gambling boom in the US.
Image #2 is a souvenir brass pen from the museum’s gift shop. Engraved is the museum’s motto ‘…guided along, as it were, a chain of flowers into the mysteries of life…’

Rotten luck? I visited the Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles earlier this year and was struck by an exhibition on magician Ricky Jay’s decaying dice. The dice were made from cellulose nitrate (the first synthetic plastic) and although initially a stable material, over decades the dice would start to crystallise, decompose and finally implode. Photographs weren’t allowed in the museum so I purchased my own rotting dice to make a still life. These particular dice are from Kentucky, rolled during the 1950s illegal gambling boom in the US.
Image #2 is a souvenir brass pen from the museum’s gift shop. Engraved is the museum’s motto ‘…guided along, as it were, a chain of flowers into the mysteries of life…’
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