Pictures are an excellent source for understanding history. Sometimes one picture can tell much more than all those dry paragraphs of historical information. These pictures will tell you better than books and lectures about those significant people or events that you would like to know more. Frames, once made with …
Read More »Timeless Venice in photographs of late XIX century. Photo
This is an incredibly beautiful city. Postcard “Belle Epoque Venice” ran a publishing company in Detroit, using the process of photochrome (Photochrom). Difficult technology required a lot of time, but it is possible to colorservice black and white photos already in the 19th century. This variant of chromolithography was invented …
Read More »The world of late nineteenth-century color photographs. Photo
Our world has changed greatly. You would be surprised the quality of the pictures. Almost black and white images were then brought by the masters and pioneers of color photography in color by hand. The photos are shown first in the different galleries of our planet. Previously, they were exhibited …
Read More »Little-known photographs of world war II. Photo
Color photos of the 40-ies of the last century. Picture of the time the characters are your black and white tones, which hardly convey the essence of that era the person who used to see everything in color, but thanks to modern technology it is now not a problem. The …
Read More »The underwater world in photographs of young American women. Photo
She is a true master of underwater photography. This young American woman just twenty-one years, and she already considered to be a true master of underwater photography. She manages to make incredibly dynamic and colorful images underwater, especially in the surging wave. We don’t know exactly where I came from …
Read More »The photographs are from Mars, accidentally discovered the shadow of a man
The photo experts saw the shadow of a man in a spacesuit that seemed to attach to the Rover’s equipment. World-renowned ufologist Scott Waring after a detailed study of satellite images of Mars made a surprising discovery. A few photographs of the planet’s surface, the scientist saw the shadow, resembling …
Read More »Weird bikes on historic photographs. Photo
Bikes tried many times to improve. People many decades to ride bikes, but in the past these vehicles looked strange and funny. In 1818 Professor Baron Karl von Drais of Baden, Germany, has patented the design of two-wheeled Laufmaschine or “running machine”. It consisted of two wheels, wood frame, seat …
Read More »Street retro photographs of new York city. Photo
The photographer showed the life of the ordinary people of new York. From 1975 to 1998, a photographer and photo editor Carrie Boretz, with bated breath, explored the city, full of conflict, danger and tenderness. And now she’s releasing a book filled with street chronicle their adventures in new York. …
Read More »New York in photographs of a young Stanley Kubrick. Photo
The first work of a future filmmaker. Before to become famous as film Director, Stanley Kubrick tried his hand as a photographer. Moreover, he did it very well. He first essayed their powers in this field at the age of 17 years. Talented then the guy started to work for …
Read More »Drawings that are indistinguishable from photographs. Photo
On one job Flavio APEL spends 20-150 hours. Lately the genre of hyperrealism is gaining special popularity. Many artists demonstrate their remarkable talent and create stunning works, which are very difficult to distinguish from ordinary photos. Among all of these talented artists especially stood out by Flavio APEL. This Italian …
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