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‘Shoot The Curator’: John Frankland on Damien Hirst The Complete Spot Paintings 1986 – 2011

‘Shoot The Curator’: John Frankland on Damien Hirst The Complete Spot Paintings 1986 – 2011

'It’s quantity over quality, the wrong kind of banality' - John Frankland ...
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“A Photograph is a Secret About a Secret”: Diane Arbus’ New York Park Portraits

“A Photograph is a Secret About a Secret”: Diane Arbus’ New York Park Portraits

“One of the risks of appearing in public is the likelihood of being photographed” - Diane Arbus ...
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The Garter Toss: Vintage Photographs of a Wedding Tradition

The Garter Toss: Vintage Photographs of a Wedding Tradition

  The origin of the tradition of the wedding garter toss began in the Dark ...
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Found Colour Snapshots of a Bygone St Ives (1958-1960)

Found Colour Snapshots of a Bygone St Ives (1958-1960)

A wonderful look at how we used to live through a stash of colour slides bought at a car boot sale ...
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Idyllic Victorian Photos of the 1850s English Countryside

Idyllic Victorian Photos of the 1850s English Countryside

Photos used as illustrations for a book, Sunshine in the Country: A Book of Rural Poetry ...
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“Audrey Hepburn Swings!” – Marvelous Photos from the Movie ‘Two For the Road’

“Audrey Hepburn Swings!” – Marvelous Photos from the Movie ‘Two For the Road’

"Audrey Hepburn Swings? You're Kidding" ...
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Colour Snapshots of Leeds to London in the 1970s

Colour Snapshots of Leeds to London in the 1970s

'There are all these little tiny things that you notice when you’re a truck driver and they are just as interesting as all this other stuff in the world' - Peter Mitchell ...
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The Holy Word in the Glossy Pages of 1980’s Christian Youth Magazines

The Holy Word in the Glossy Pages of 1980’s Christian Youth Magazines

Church of God magazines for youth in the 1980s ...
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The Joy Of Chewing Gum And Blowing Bubbles – 16 Brilliant Snapshots

The Joy Of Chewing Gum And Blowing Bubbles – 16 Brilliant Snapshots

'The gum looked fresh. I sniffed it and it smelled all right. I licked it and waited for a while. When I did not die, I crammed it into my mouth: Wrigley's Double Mint' - Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird ...
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A Brilliant Illustrated Book Of Demons And Spells From Early 20th Century Iran

A Brilliant Illustrated Book Of Demons And Spells From Early 20th Century Iran

An indispensable guide to identifying and preventing demons from licking your toes ...
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Sun Ra’s Afrofuturistic Album Covers

Sun Ra’s Afrofuturistic Album Covers

Herman Poole Blount, better known as Sun Ra, rightfully gets credit for inventing Afrofuturism, the ingenious blend of sci-fi, Egyptology, occultism, and indigenous African spirituality. Even more impressive, the bandleader and free jazz innovator made it to outer space before NASA. ...
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Book Club from Hell: ‘The Story of Fertilizer’ and Other Painfully Bad & Boring Vintage Reads

Book Club from Hell: ‘The Story of Fertilizer’ and Other Painfully Bad & Boring Vintage Reads

I'm sure there are some out there who are fascinated by fertilizer's place in history, ...
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    Photographs of The Romanovs’ Final Ball In Color, St Petersburg, Russia 1903

    Photographs of The Romanovs’ Final Ball In Color, St Petersburg, Russia 1903

      These portrait photographs of Russia's ruling Romanovs were taken in 1903 at the Winter Palace in majestic. St. Petersburg. Knowing what was to follow, the venue was apposite. St Petersburg is the city Christopher Hitchens called "an apparent temple of civilization: the polished window between Russia and Europe... the ...
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    Photographer Updates Postcards Of 1960s Resorts Into Their Abandoned Ruins

    Photographer Updates Postcards Of 1960s Resorts Into Their Abandoned Ruins

    Ephemeral, disposable, they served only one purpose—to let someone know "I'm here. I'm thinking of you" - Pablo Iglesias Maurer ...
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    Hanging Out in Leakey, Texas in 1973 – Photos by Marc St. Gil

    Hanging Out in Leakey, Texas in 1973 – Photos by Marc St. Gil

    Part of the Documerica project - a program sponsored by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to "photographically document subjects of environmental concern" in the United States from about 1972 to 1977. ...
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    Jesus Amongst the Fans: The Naked Hippie Dancer

    Jesus Amongst the Fans: The Naked Hippie Dancer

      It was a Saturday evening, St Valentine’s Day 1970, when William Jellett first thought he might be Jesus. He was on the London Underground, travelling back from work, and noticed the headline of the newspaper unfurled opposite him: “Cambridge riots — two policemen beaten up”. There had been student protests the ...
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    The LSD Archive at The Institute of Illegal Images

    The LSD Archive at The Institute of Illegal Images

    “It kept me from eating it if it was framed on the wall” - Mark Mcloud on his amazing collection of LSD Blotters ...
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    ‘Teenage Historian’ Chuck Berry Reviews The Clash, Talking Heads, Joy Division And The Sex Pistols For A 1980 Punk Zine

    ‘Teenage Historian’ Chuck Berry Reviews The Clash, Talking Heads, Joy Division And The Sex Pistols For A 1980 Punk Zine

      In 1980, Chuck Berry spoke to St Louis-based punk zine Jet Lag (1980 -1991). Berry talked about his first gig, signing with Leonard Chess's Chess Records, his role as a "teenage historian" and "what the kids are listening to these days". He was invited to review some records. Chuck Berry's record ...
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    Andrei Tarkovsky’s Sublime Polaroids‎ (And Free Films)

    Andrei Tarkovsky’s Sublime Polaroids‎ (And Free Films)

    Andrei Tarkovsky's Polaroids‎ (1979 - 1984) show us thoughtful and dreamy visions of his native Russia, featuring his family, his dog, his home, his garden, views from trips to Italy and a 'selfie'. Tarkovsky (4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986) is the revered film director of whom Ingmar Bergman said, “Tarkovsky ...
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    The First Naked Kiss On Camera: Eadweard Muybridge, Sex And Murder

    The First Naked Kiss On Camera: Eadweard Muybridge, Sex And Murder

    Eadweard Muybridge (9 April 1830 – 8 May 1904) was not into smut and eroticism. His rapid-fire sequential photographs of two naked women kissing served to aid his studies of human and animal movement. It was in the interests of art and science Muybridge secured the services of two women, ...
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    Photos Of Siouxsie Sioux and The Banshees From The Late 1970s

    Photos Of Siouxsie Sioux and The Banshees From The Late 1970s

    Siouxsie Sioux (born Susan Janet Ballion on 27 May 1957) found fame with Siouxsie and The Banshees, the band she so-created with Steven Severin. Many pictures of Siouxsie Sioux and the rest of the group and their friends were taken by photographer Ray Stevenson, the brother of Nils Stevenson, who managed ...
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    Grace Jones Fucked The ‘Caveman Shit’ And Conquered the World

    Grace Jones Fucked The ‘Caveman Shit’ And Conquered the World

    There is a moment in every one of those tacky beauty pageants when the sweaty, middle-aged host asks each young swimsuit-clad contestant "If there was one thing you could do what would it be?" The answers are always the same: "I would bring about world peace." It's a nice thought--though ...
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