Back in 1956, the progressive vision of the Festival of Britain had faded somewhat, with most of the South Bank … More
Category: Photography
Apr 11 2012: Black Glass: Ten Glass Plate Negative Images of Architecture and Reversed Light (c.1930s)
Following on from yesterday’s gallery of domestic portraits, used as the raw material that eventually became the Black Glass sequence … More
Apr 10 2012: Black Glass: Fifteen Glass Plate Negative Portraits of Unknown People (Mainly 1940s)
Although not really recent finds, having been already used in early 2011 as the inspiration for a short sequence of … More
Apr 9 2012: Twenty-Five Monochrome Photographs and Illustrations from The Astronaut Book (Panther Books, 1969)
The final selection of images from Panther’s 1969 annual, The Astronauts’ Book, gathers the extraordinary array of monochrome illustrations contained … More
Apr 8 2012: Nineteen Colour Photographs and Illustrations from The Astronaut Book (Panther Books, 1969)
Following yesterday’s gallery of hand-coloured photographs from Panther’s 1969 publication The Astronauts’ Book, here are a selection of nineteen of … More
Apr 7 2012: Nine Hand-Coloured Illustrations From The Astronaut Book (Panther Books, 1969)
Over the next three days we’ll look at the monochrome and colour images featured in the pages of The Astronauts’ … More
Apr 6 2012: Eight Monochrome Photographs Showing British Parades (1940s – 1950s)
I’m not sure if these images show scenes from one or more parades and occasions, though it’s clear that the … More
Apr 5 2012: Five Monochrome Photographs From An Archaeological Excavation (c.1960s)
There’s no indication on (or in, so far as I can tell) when or where these photographs were taken, though … More
Apr 4 2012: Twenty-Five Photographs from Bell and Howell 1623 Super/Standard 8mm Projector Instruction Manual (1970s)
Bell & Howell were one of the leading manufacturers of consumer equipment for slide and film projection, and these images … More
Apr 1 2012: Eleven Postcards Showing Airlines And Aircraft Of The World (1960s – 1980s)
Until the sell-offs of national aviation companies during the 1980s, such as the wholesale privatisation of BA in the UK … More