“Everywhere I turned I saw a great picture” – Lionel Derimais, New York 1980 In September 1979, French photographer Lionel Derimais arrived in New York City to study English at Columbia University. “There was a sense that everything was quick and simple,” he says. “I just wanted to be ‘out there’ with film in … Continue reading "A French Student’s Photos of New York City in The Winter of 1980" The post A French Student’s Photos of New York City in The Winter of 1980 a...| Flashbak
In this experimental event, the most familiar tool of communication – the telephone network – served as an analogy for the museum…. It was an event that provided a preview of the ever-widening world of cyberspace. – ICC Concept Book, NTT Publishing, 1997 How local is local? From March 15th to 29th, 1991, … Continue reading "The Museum Inside The Telephone Network, 1991" The post The Museum Inside The Telephone Network, 1991 appeared first on Flashbak.| Flashbak
Dagenham in East London doesn’t hit the news cycle all that often. It did when US motor company Ford moved its car plant to Dagenham and again when it was closed. Posters bearing the town’s name appeared when the singer Morrissey released the song Dagenham Dave in 1995. The cover showed a picture of Dagenham-born … Continue reading "A Spot Of Business And Walk Around Dagenham In The Early 1990s" The post A Spot Of Business And Walk Around Dagenham In The Early 1990s appeared first on Fl...| Flashbak
“If you wish to attempt any definition of me as a photographer, you might say that I am a photographer of the fantastic.” – Cecil Beaton Triple Oscar-winning costumer designer and fashion photographer Sir Cecil Beaton (1904 – 1980) launched his career as a society photographer in 1926 with an exhibition in London that … Continue reading "Cecil Beaton’s Fashionable World: The King of Vogue’s Glittering Portraits" The post Cecil Beaton’s Fashionable World: The King of Vogue...| Flashbak
“These display screens would display signs of air attack against Canada and the United States. By pushing buttons, the NORAD battle staff members can take an electronic look at the tracks of space satellites or aircraft, which are chartered on the display by computers This is the nerve center which would give the first warning … Continue reading "Inside NORAD’s Cheyenne Mountain Combat Center, c.1966" The post Inside NORAD’s Cheyenne Mountain Combat Center, c.1966 appeared first on Fl...| Flashbak
“The very existence of AI has rendered both history and facts infinitely elastic. Simultaneously, everything is true, and nothing is true. We are at a cultural turning point. Our relationship with images and the idea of images as truth have fundamentally changed.” – Phil Toledano Phil Toledano uses AI to make new histories, … Continue reading "Another America: AI-Generated Photos From the 1940s and 50s Tell New Stories Of The Country’s Past" The post Another America: AI-Genera...| Flashbak
“I don’t think I am an abstract artist because I’m not that much of an artist. I’m just a person who cuts out paper, throws it up on the wall, or finds old photographs that I see at the swap meet and throw them up on the wall. I mean, I have tons of that—tons, … Continue reading "Saved: My Picture World – Diane Keaton’s Autobiographical Scrapbook" The post Saved: My Picture World – Diane Keaton’s Autobiographical Scrapbook appeared first on Flashbak.| Flashbak
“Every face is an experience; in particular, the rather unremarkable, unattractive ones gain an unforeseen beauty” – Helga Paris, Women At Work In 1984, German photographer Helga Paris (21 May 1938 – 5 February 2024) spent several weeks at the state-owned clothing factory VEB Treff-Modelle in East Berlin photographing female employees and their … Continue reading "Helga Paris: Women at Work – The ‘Unforeseen Beauty’ of East German Factory Workers In 1984" The post Helga ...| Flashbak
These satisfying alphabets are from the 1900 and 1910 editions of The New Zanerian Alphabets, archived at The Weinberg Memorial Library’s Zaner-Bloser Penmanship Collection, an extensive collections of American ornamental penmanship from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The company was founded in 1888 by Charles P. Zaner as the Zanerian School of Penmanship. … Continue reading "Alphabets From The Zanerian School of Penmanship, c.1910" The post Alphabets From The Zanerian School of ...| Flashbak
As part of London PhotoMonth, Wonderland celebrates The Joy of Analogue: Portraits from 1955-1995. In testament to the skill of analogue photography, the show incudes polaroids and platinum and silver gelatin prints by the likes of Mary Ellen Mark, Sandra Lousada, Brian Griffin, David Bailey, Herb Ritts, John Claridge, Joel-Peter Witkin and Eve Arnold. In a … Continue reading "The Joy of Analogue Photography: Sensational Old-Fashioned Portraits, 1955-1995" The post The Joy of Analogue Phot...| Flashbak
In 1928, Martin Munkácsi (born Mermelstein Márton; 18 May 1896 – 13 July 1963) was watching a magician in his native Budapest. The magician, possibly associated with Chevalier Ernst Thorn, demonstrated his trick in which he appears to be decapitated yet alive. To help set the dark and macabre scene, a woman opens a black … Continue reading "Martin Munkacsi And The Decapitated Magician, Budapest, 1928" The post Martin Munkacsi And The Decapitated Magician, Budapest, 1928 appeared first...| Flashbak
These images of Mick Jagger form a portfolio of 10 postcards by artist Andy Warhol (August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987). Produced with New York’s Castelli Graphics, the postcards were used to advertise an edition of 250 portfolios of the same series, silkscreened and signed by the artist. Andy And Mick Andy Warhol … Continue reading "10 Portraits of Mick Jagger by Andy Warhol, 1975" The post 10 Portraits of Mick Jagger by Andy Warhol, 1975 appeared first on Flashbak.| Flashbak
“I could tell him, too, that to know and love one other human being is the root of all wisdom.” – Evelyn Waugh, Brideshead Revisited One of the best and greatest biographies ever produced about Evelyn Waugh is written by a man called Duncan McLaren. His biography Evelyn!: Rhapsody for an Obsessive Love … Continue reading "Waugh, Waugh, Not Jaw, Jaw: An Introduction to Evelyn Waugh’s Best Books"| Flashbak
Back in the 1970s (and before), parents didn’t stress about our health and safety as much as they do today. It’s not that they cared less – they just didn’t worry obsessively about it. It’s a far guess to say that some of the kids seen bike jumping and being bike jumped (which is the … Continue reading "Snapshots of Kids Bike Jumping in the 1970s"| Flashbak
