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Revisiting the French Werewolf Epidemic and the Beast of Gévaudan

The period between roughly 1520 and 1630 saw “France’s version of Europe’s witch trials and executions, but with werewolves ...

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“Material Reality Would Come at Me Stabbing”: Takuma Nakahira’s Disoriented Photographs of Paris, 1971

Takuma Nakahira’s fragmented 1971 vision of Paris ...

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‘The Unruliness of Leisure’: Photographs of European Summers from 1979-1984

Every summer from the late 1970s through the mid ’80s SERGIO PURTELL would buy an inexpensive roundtrip ticket from New York to London, and from there get a Eurail pass. Traveling cheaply, he could move freely around Europe... ...

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Out of the Shadows – Gerda Taro, War Photographer

Gerta Pohorylle adopted the professional name of "Gerda Taro" after the Japanese artist Tarō Okamoto although initially Taro and Capa shared the name "Robert Capa" derived from Endre Friedmann's Budapest street nickname "Cápa" which means "Shark" in Hungarian. A significant amount of what is credited as Robert Capa's early work was almost certainly photographed by Taro. ...

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The Complete Erotic Fantaisies Parisiennes, 1880 by Frédillo (NSFW)

Frédillo (or Fredillo) was a French cartoonist and illustrator working in the late 19th Century. ...

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Meet Rondo Hatton or With a Face like that, You ought to be in Movies

His looks fascinated people and he became an iconic cult figure with horror buffs. ...

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Émile Zola’s Photographs of Turn-of-the-Century Paris

I dare… to tell the truth, with all the force born of the revulsion of an honest man, since the normal channels of justice have failed to do so. - Émile Zola ...

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The Horror, The Horror! Dark and Disturbing Paintings of Death and Disease

At one point in his life, Richard Tennant Cooper had dreams of some day being recognised as one of the best artists in the world. ...

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Sunsets by Félix Vallotton (1865 – 1925)

Félix Edouard Vallotton (December 28, 1865 – December 29, 1925) was a Swiss painter and ...

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Four Photographs of Toulouse-Lautrec Defecating On A Beach – 1898

In 1898, revolutionary French artist Toulouse-Letrec went to the toilet on a French beach. His friend took these four photographs ...

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Eugene Atget – The Photographer who Walked Fin de Siècle Paris

Atget (1857-1927) wandered the streets of Paris dressed in a large black cloak and floppy hat, his camera slung on its tripod over his shoulder. He drifted until something triggered a response which he stopped to photograph. ...

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Capturing the Present in the Lush Polaroids of Celebrated Cinematographer Robby Müller

Dutch cinematographer Robby Müller (1940-2018) was a "master of light". Whilst working with Wim ...

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