Friday 30 June 2017

Hong Kong


This picture taken on March 30, 2017
shows residential buildings in Hong Kong.
Photo: Aaron Tam/AFP

Thursday 29 June 2017

Tuesday 27 June 2017

Sunday 25 June 2017

War Time Shelter

People sheltering in the Tube,
Elephant and Castle underground station, 1940
Photo: Bill Brandt
Gelatin silver print

Saturday 24 June 2017

Flower Basket

Flower Basket in the Form of a Gourd
by Maeda Chikubosai I (1872–1950)

Showa era (1926-1989), circa 1930–1940.
Susudake bamboo, rattan; chrysanthemum plaiting (base),
mat plaiting, free-style plaiting with branch bamboo;
vertically scored lacquered bamboo otoshi.

Friday 23 June 2017

Thursday 22 June 2017

Wednesday 21 June 2017

Service Station

Untitled, (Service Station)
from 'The Democratic Forest' ca.1983/1986

Monday 19 June 2017

Male Nude

Young Male Nude Seated on Leopard Skin,
Italy, ca.1895. Unidentified photographer.
Albumen silver print from glass negative
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Saturday 17 June 2017

The Anarchist Adnet


Clotilde Adnet. Aged 19, born in December 1874 in
Argentant (Orne). Embroidery machinist. Anarchist.
Released on 7/1/94, 1894.
Albumen silver print from glass negative.

Friday 16 June 2017

Auto Races

International Auto Races
Indianapolis, 1914

Grand Prix du Cap D'Antibes
Artwork by Alexis Kow, 1929

Wednesday 14 June 2017

Monday 12 June 2017

Dr William Bland

(1/9th plate Daguerreotype in Wharton case)

William Bland, born in London in 1789, was a transported
convict, medical practitioner and surgeon, politician,
farmer and inventor in colonial New South Wales,
Australia.  (Wiki)

Sunday 11 June 2017

Elvis

Elvis with his mom, 1956

A young Elvis Presley at home in Memphis
with mom Gladys, and an impressive assortment
of stuffed animals. 35mm negative by Phillip
Harrington for Look magazine.
(Shorpy)

Thursday 8 June 2017

Wednesday 7 June 2017

Pieter Hugo

Pieter Hugo - With my son, Jakob Hugo
Self-Portrait (?) - Natures Valley, 2014
From the series 'Kin' - 2006-2013
C-Print

Sunday 4 June 2017

Monnow Bridge

Monnow Bridge, 13 August, 2011
Photo: Bob Crowther

Monnow Bridge is a medieval bridge over the
namesake river Monnow in the town of Monmouth,
Wales. The existing bridge was completed in the late
13th century. It is the only remaining medieval fortified
bridge in Britain.

Friday 2 June 2017