“Fatescapes” is a series of iconic photographs in which the subject is digitally removed to leave only a background. By Pavel Maria Smejkal (b. 1957 in Ostrava, Czech Republic).
16 mm film produced by the National Research Council of Canada in 1971.
Excerpt from Harvey and Alice Richards’ “A Visit to the Soviet Union” (1962). See photographs from their trip here.
“The Men of Gariunai” (1995) is a short documentary about Lithuanian car dealers and resellers. Newly re-established country’s economic hardships forced men of various professions to use newly opened Western borders and drive thousand killometers looking for a perfect used car. Amazingly badly translated it is also a curious and emotionally moving glimpse into a certain time in history and its generation.
A selection of paintings, drawings and photographs covering the myth of the New World from the nineteenth-century explorations of America,including the Far North, to contemporary explorations of the solar system. Compiled by Jérémy Naklé.
“De Artificiali Perspectiva or Anamorphosis” (1991) by Quay Brothers.
Thorleif Schjelderup (Oslofilm), Norway, 1973
tim barber showed some images from the u.s. civil war on tinyvices.com a few months ago. they are impressive and cruel at the same time. have a look at the whole collection here: http://www.mikelynaugh.com/VirtualCivilWar/New/Originals2/index.html