Images of 1940s Manhattan. More here. The modern age is looking more and more like a distant historical period... ... Read More...
Photography
These days everyone thinks they're a photographer. It's a rare treat to see professional photography that's more of an art form than a random selection of snaps. This is one of a number of reasons why British photographer Emily Allchurch’s forthcoming exhibition, at Diemar Noble Photograpy from 17th March until ... Read More...
I recently came across these engaging photos of Victorian Spitalfields. They have bundles of charm and interest. What struck me in particular (apart from the newshoarding announcing the sinking of the Titanic in the final one) was the number of children on the streets and how smartly dressed they seemed (though ... Read More...
How do you make photos without a camera? Well, at the heart of Shadow Catchers – the V&A’s beautifully-presented show of camera-less photography – is a video in which the five featured artists explain how. They variously call their works ‘photograms’, ‘luminograms’ and ‘chemigrams’, but essentially the idea is to create images ... Read More...
Taken from Martin Osborne's series Mute:The silence of dogs in cars, currently on show at theprintspace, 74 Kingsland Road, London E2 8DL until 9th November. ... Read More...
Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice. pics taken from Arctic Technology by Christian Houge. ... Read More...
The above pictures (click to enlarge) are taken from a large collection on the Denver Post website. Well worth a look to see a very rare set of high clarity colour slides from depression era America. Amazing how a splash of colour can bring the past so much closer to ... Read More...
Last Monday, the Bank Holiday, we went to Tate Britain to visit the Romantics exhibition. It was surprisingly and pleasantly quiet, at least before lunch. But we didn't get far before being captivated by the jet fighters in the Duveen Galleries, a Sea Harrier (above) and a Jaguar (below). They immediately appealed ... Read More...
Dennis Hopper Hopper, then 39, was arrested by New Mexico police in July 1975 and charged with reckless driving, failure to report an accident, and leaving the scene. Jane Fonda Arrested in November 1970 in Cleveland after she allegedly kicked a local police officer. She had been stopped at the airport by ... Read More...
Emerson - Gathering Waterlillies, East Anglia 1886 - Getty Museum Dr. Peter Henry Emerson (1856-1936) was a Cuban-born, American-raised British surgeon, naturalist, meteorologist, bird-watcher, champion billiard player and, for which he is remembered, influential photographer. At a time when photographers were going to enormous lengths to recreate paintings – staging very artificial ... Read More...
