Found snapshots upgraded to ART

When I was surfing this midday , in a rainy and snowy Holland. I stumbled upon this wonderfull site. It is a gallery that displays found snapshots and sells them as Unique Art. Photo’s of people showing of guns and female nudes dating back to the 1940’s. Its worth taking a look at this remarkable […]

Color Photography from Russia in the Early 1900’s

The photographs of Russian chemist and photographer, Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii, show Russia on the eve of World War I and the coming of the revolution. From 1909-1912 and again in 1915, Prokudin-Gorskii travelled across the Russian Empire, documenting life, landscapes and the work of Russain people. His images were to be a photographic survey of […]

Norman Rockwell’s rosy illustrations

Norman Rockwell’s rosy illustrations of small town American life looked so photographic because his method was to copy photographs that he conceived and meticulously directed, working with various photographers and using friends and neighbors as his models. “The Runaway” (1958) is one example from the recently published Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera (Little, Brown and […]

Restoration of Genealogy Photos

When you want to make old pictures suitable for use in genealogy project you might scan them and restore them to see what was realy on the image before it got distorted. I my self use professional scanner like the Epson V750 Pro as a flatbed and the Nikon coolscan 4000 ed for mu 35mm […]

i invited him to choose between women and me

I invited him to choose between women and me. I thought he was going to choose me and that he’d strive to renounce them. I was in error. “I risk making a promise,” he replied, “and not keeping it. That would pain you. I don’t want you to be in pain. Breaking off would hurt […]

Amazing Vintage Images from Japan’s Forgotten Master

By Delana Photographs of Japan from the Meiji and Taisho Periods (1868-1926) have captivated viewers around the world since they were first circulated. One photographer in particular captured Japanese life so beautifully that his work has been seen by countless people all across the globe. Until very recently, though, his name was virtually unknown. Now […]