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Issue 26: Haunted

Hidden Lurkers

Images that haunted the background of Rookie this month.

Tavi Gevinson 10/31/2013
  • Photo by Ariko Inaoka, from the series Erna and Hrefna 2011.

  • Photo by Erik Calonius, from the U.S. National Archives Flickr.

  • Two Amish Boys, 1962. Photo by George Tice, via The Bohmérian.

  • Photo by Ariko Inaoka, from the series Erna and Hrefna 2011.

  • From the book Speak Italian: The Fine Art of the Gesture by Bruno Munari (1958).

  • Photo by Marios Kalamaris.

  • Drawings of the phases of the moon by Galileo Galilei.

  • X-rays from Hopital des Enfants Malades in Paris, printed in Le Livre de la Sante by Joseph Handler (1968, Andre Sauret), volume 12: La Croissance. Via 50 Watts.

  • Via FFFFOUND! Original source unknown.

  • Polaroid of Jenny Conlee of the Decemberists by Autumn de Wilde.

  • Life on the American Great Plains. Vintage postcard by Drum Studio, Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Via Wooway1’s Flickr.

  • Photo by Joseph Szabo.

  • Photo of Ali Michael by Yelena Yemchuk for Lula #7, fall 2008.

  • Decomposed nitrate film frame clippings from the Turconi Collection, via 50 Watts.

  • Photo of Yoko Ono and John Lennon in 1968 by Ethan Russell, via The Photogallery.

  • Photo by Ariko Inaoka, from the series Erna and Hrefna 09–10.

  • Girls in a high school sorority re-enacting a secret initiation ritual, Webster Groves, Missouri, 1944. Photo by Nina Leen for Life magazine.

  • Polaroid by Autumn de Wilde.

  • Still from Picnic at Hanging Rock, 1975.

  • Via Assez Vu. Original source unknown.

  • Photo by Osamu Yokonami.

  • Polaroid by Autumn de Wilde.

  • Photo on the cover of Heart’s album The Road Home (1995, Capitol).

  • Photo by Paolo Roversi.

  • Decomposed nitrate film frame clippings from the Turconi Collection, via Laura Chenault

  • Winona Ryder as Abigail Willams in The Crucible, 1996.

  • Taylor Swift.

  • Still from Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, 1970.

  • Still from Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, 1970.

  • Source unknown.

  • Via the Summer Break Twitter.

50 watts ali michael ariko inaoka autumn de wilde bruno munari drum studio erik calonius ethan russell ffffound! galileo george tice jenny conlee john lennon joseph handler joseph szabo laura chenault lula marios kalamaris nina leen osamu yokonami our backgrounds paolo roversi picnic at hanging rock summer break taylor swift the crucible the decemberists the turconi collection u.s. national archives valerie and her week of wonders winona ryder yelena yemchuck yoko ono
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13 Comments

  • Dornroschen November 1st, 2013 12:15 AM

    I absolutely love this

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  • Nadifa November 1st, 2013 12:26 AM

    Background update is what I like best on Rookie (among other things). This means new stock of wallpapers on my phone :D

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    • whyamidreamingwhenimstillawake November 1st, 2013 4:03 AM

      Yes ikr! Literally all my wallpapers are from rookie, so thanks, rookie.

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    • pizzaface November 1st, 2013 5:34 AM

      Same here, haha. With the background images and other photo-sets, I always have like 15 new awesome images saved in my computer (which I use as an picture-inspiration-desk-or-something)

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      • Nadifa November 2nd, 2013 12:58 PM

        Yup, Rookie’s creepy and one-of-a-kind arts are lovable!

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  • greenie November 1st, 2013 5:32 AM

    i love the backgrounds on rookie, especially the ones of the twins.

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  • lexilikes November 1st, 2013 5:39 AM

    Love the X-ray photo of the hands but all are wonderful!

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  • alissa cha November 1st, 2013 8:20 AM

    it’s so cool how this is always so wonderful and mysterious up here – for me that’s something important to be preserved in this modern world !

    xx alissa cha

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  • Bex_cygnet November 1st, 2013 11:15 AM

    Were any of the Polaroids by Autumn de Wilde digitally enhanced? I’ve been using the medium for a couple of years and think they’re great.

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  • Cutesycreator aka Monica November 1st, 2013 2:52 PM

    Beautiful as ever ♡

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  • Ally_O November 1st, 2013 6:49 PM

    The background images never fail to amaze me. <3 They always evoke such a great feeling.

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  • Mimi7 November 1st, 2013 7:58 PM

    I so wish I was a twin.

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  • AlyssaMeow___ November 4th, 2013 4:26 PM

    I love Ariko Inaoko’s photo series on the twin girls. All these backgrounds are just perf <3

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