40 Must-See Photos From The Past. The phrase “a picture is worth a thousand words” was coined by American newspaper editor Arthur Brisbane in 1911. It’s a simple notion that applies to many aspects of our lives, but especially to historical photography. Sometimes, one simple picture can tell you more about history than any story you might read or any document you might analyze. [Read more...] These photographs all tell stories about the historical figures or events that they represent. Perhaps the wars, poverty, fights for freedom and little miracles of the past have lessons for us that we can use today?
(via sobadsogood) Woman With A Gas-Resistant Pram, England, 1938 Unpacking the head of the Statue of Liberty, 1885 Elvis in the Army, 1958 Animals being used as part of medical therapy, 1956 Testing of new bulletproof vests, 1923 Charlie Chaplin at age 27, 1916 Hindenburg Disaster, May 6, 1937 Circus hippo pulling a cart, 1924 Annette Kellerman promotes women’s right to wear a fitted one-piece bathing suit, 1907. 80 Photos of Old New York (1970-1989) L'ENFANT EXTERIEUR. Sandy: Il photographie New York plongée dans l’obscurité. Il y a 100 ans, les premières photos d’Halloween. Une collection de clichés anonymes dont les plus anciens datent de 1875. Le livre Haunted Air d’Ossian Brown préfacé par David Lynch datant de 2010 nous plonge dans l’ambiance des déguisements de la fête d’Halloween entre 1875 et 1955.
Certaines photographies font encore frémir. Joyeux Halloween à toutes & tous. Anonymous Halloween photographs from c.1875–1955. The photographs in Haunted Air provide an extraordinary glimpse into the traditions of this macabre festival from ages past, and form an important document of photographic history. Pour commander ce livre : www.randomhouse.co.uk ou sur Amazon 23 euros. Fictions / Filip Dujardin | Design - Architecture - Blog / Magazine / Webzine - Inspiration / Tendance. Yurikamome Line / AppuruPai | Design - Architecture - Blog / Magazine / Webzine - Inspiration / Tendance. Voici une série de clichés du photographe japonnais AppuruPai sur la vitesse des trains et des métros de Tokyo. Montreal at Night. Montreal, the largest city in the mostly French-speaking Province of Quebec, is considered by some to be the cultural capital of Canada. The metropolitan area (image center) is the country’s second-largest, having been surpassed by Toronto in 1976.
While the city of Montreal is located on the Island of Montreal, at the confluence of the St. Lawrence (image center) and Ottawa rivers (not visible), the city takes its name from Mont Royal, located at the city’s center. Several smaller urban areas form a loose ring around the metropolitan area: Sorel-Tracy, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Saint-Jerome, and Joliette are among those that can be readily identified. This astronaut photograph of the city lights of Montreal illustrates the extent of urbanization. Major roadways and industrial areas are traced by bright white lighting, while the adjacent residential and commercial lands are characterized by more diffuse yellow-gold lighting. Instrument(s):