Color Snapshots of Paris in another Era (Part II)

A few months back, I came across a website called Paris 1914, a collection of color photography made in Paris using Autochrome Lumière technology between 1914 and 1918. A wealthy banker of the time, Albert Kahn commissioned four photographers to create an archive of the period using the technique based on a series of color filters made from microscopic grains of…

All aboard the Bamboo Train: A Cambodian Commute

While we might rely on passenger trains to get us to work everyday, in Cambodia people are lucky to see just four trains in service per month– that is if they don’t get derailed or break down (a common occurrence). The busted trains tend to travel at walking pace and the railways constructed during the French…

The Day the Factory Died

On June 3rd, 1968, Andy Warhol was shot three times in his infamous studio, known as the Factory, and survived. The shooter was actress and member of Warhol’s entourage, Valerie Solanas, pictured right and above with the artist. On that day she also shot Mario Amaya, an art critic, who received minor injuries, while Andy was so…

The Hermès Secret Garden on a Paris Rooftop

High above the grand boutique windows of number 24 rue Faubourg Saint-Honoré, where Charles-Émile Hermès relocated his father’s harness workshop in 1880 and first began to retail saddlery, there is an exquisite little-known paradise that overlooks the rooftops of Paris. I stumbled upon some insider photographs by Quentin Bertoux of this secret little Parisian terrace, so let’s take a…

A Virus living inside your Computer

Either that or the Borrowers have survived into the computer age. Looks pretty cozy! Spot the gumball machine, the coke bottle and the New York Times. There’s little known about the miniature hobbyist who created this tiny living roOm converted from a PC, just that it was found via Reddit and originally posted on this…

Sorry your Ski Holiday Snaps don’t look as Cool as this

Ski season is upon us and naturally it’s all about the sport, and not at all about getting that perfect Facebook profile picture of yourself looking effortlessly stylish on the slopes. No siree! Just like these fine young folks who took a trip to Sun Valley, Idaho in 1946, we’re all about the best…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Volume V)

1. A Weapon of Mass Instruction Artist Raul Lemesoff, who took an old military 1979 Ford Falcon and gave it a bit of a make-over, says it’s his “contribution to peace through literature”. The tank-shaped mobile library that carries over 900 books, known as “Arma De Instruccion Masiva” – Weapon of Mass Instruction, cruises the…

The Italian Hotel built inside Abandoned Medieval Grottos

Okay come with me, we’re going to explore every inch of this hotel built inside the deserted grottos of an Italian mountain village from the Middle Ages. The cliffs of the Gravina River Valley in Matera Italy are believed to be the site of the first human settlements in the country. So let’s begin our…

Girl in Bath Eating Food

I had often seen the above image floating around on the internet on various Tumblrs and always mistaken it for a photograph. But the artist behind these oil paintings is American realist painter, Lee Price. I suppose you could look at these works and say they’re a little sad, but I prefer to think of them…

Frida Kahlo in Love: Intimate Moments Caught on Film

They say that when Frida loved, she loved hard and passionately. There’s no question that hers and Diego Rivera’s union was unconventional. He, the husband who flaunted the diagnosis of his doctor that declared him “unfit for monogamy,” and her, the volatile, often obsessive but equally adulterous wife. Ironically, the footage you are about to see…