los angeles-based artist alex gross has created a collection of reconfigured cabinet cards from the late 19th and early 20th century. the vintage photographs have been altered by means of mixed media to portray the figure depicted the image as an imagined or contemporary comic book super hero. the photographs, originally a commercial printed portrait standard forms gross’ collection.

the cabinet cards will be on display along with nineteen new mixed media pieces in gross’ solo exhibition ‘product placement’ at jonathan levine gallery in new york city beginning february 25th, 2012.

via designboom