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The 1980 Citroën Karin Reimagines the Car as Futuristic Sci-Fi Masterpiece

The 1980 Citroën Karin Reimagines the Car as Futuristic Sci-Fi Masterpiece

“The modern car,” as sci-fi writer and futurist J.G. Ballard wrote in 1971, “still remains a machine whose identity we can grasp…. The car is probably the last machine whose basic technology and function we can all understand." ...
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“Funny business, a woman’s career” – Miss Bette Davis Sings at Abbey Road Studios

“Funny business, a woman’s career” – Miss Bette Davis Sings at Abbey Road Studios

'As music, it’s dubious; as a memoir, it’s marvelous.' ...
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The Control Panel Archive: The Tactile Beauty of Buttons, Meters, Knobs and Dials

The Control Panel Archive: The Tactile Beauty of Buttons, Meters, Knobs and Dials

The beauty of a well-designed knob ...
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“He Has a Powerful Weapon” – Ephemera From The Man with the Golden Gun

“He Has a Powerful Weapon” – Ephemera From The Man with the Golden Gun

"His eye may be on you or me, Who will he bang? We shall see, oh yeah!" - Lulu ...
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Jenny On The Job: 8 Posters Of An Ideal Woman Emancipated By World War 2

Jenny On The Job: 8 Posters Of An Ideal Woman Emancipated By World War 2

'Jenny on The Job - Steps ahead with Low Heels' ...
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London Retro – Ektachrome Snapshots from the 1960s

London Retro – Ektachrome Snapshots from the 1960s

In 1962 when the first of these photos were taken the photographer was just 13 ...
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Cereal Box Prizes from the 1970s and 1980s

Cereal Box Prizes from the 1970s and 1980s

Back when everyone bought cereal for the free gift ...
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The Enduring Allure of Mid-Century Modernism

The Enduring Allure of Mid-Century Modernism

Mid-century modernism, they say, is timeless. But it’s also very clearly from a certain time and place. An American take on Bauhaus designs and the International style. ...
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Buy Prints Hardwicke Knight – Photographer

Hardwicke Knight – Photographer

Photos Knight wanted to represent the creative and artistic side of his life rather than his professional life as a medical photographer. ...
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The Andy Warhol Photography Archive: 130,000 Pictures of Everything and Everyone

The Andy Warhol Photography Archive: 130,000 Pictures of Everything and Everyone

'A picture means I know where I was every minute, that’s why I take pictures' - Andy Warhol ...
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The Invisible Man in Cinema: From 1930s Classic to 1980s Silliness 

The Invisible Man in Cinema: From 1930s Classic to 1980s Silliness 

Being able to turn invisible is such a compelling idea that it’s been a part of storytelling since the dawn of time.  ...
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The Gruesome Murders at 10 Rillington Place and the Beginning of the End of the Death Penalty

The Gruesome Murders at 10 Rillington Place and the Beginning of the End of the Death Penalty

At just before 9am at Pentonville Prison on 15th July 1953 and with his arms already pinioned behind his back, John Reginald Halliday Christie complained that he had an itchy nose. The hangman, Albert Pierrepoint, told him not to worry too much,  ‘it won’t bother you for long,’ he said. ...
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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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    The Rise, Fall, and Lonely Death of Benny Hill

    The Rise, Fall, and Lonely Death of Benny Hill

    "I get a thrill when they’re kneeling there, between my knees and they’re looking up at me. And I want them to call me Mr Hill, not Benny. ‘Is that all right for you, Mr Hill?’ That’s lovely, that is, I really like that,” I asked him why and he said, “Well, it’s respectful...”’ - Benny Hill ...
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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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