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The Art of Industry: Francois Kollar’s Stunning Photos Of Beauty In Work
Before he became a photographer at 24 François Kollar (born Senec, Slovakia, 1904 (formerly Szenc, Hungary); died Creteil, Paris, 1979) worked for the railways and at the Renault factories in...
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Found Photos: Snapshots of Staff at a London Westminster Bank c.1960
One day, around 1960, someone took some quick snapshots of colleagues working at a National Westminster Bank in the City of London – perhaps somewhere near Tower Hill. Unfortunately that’s all we know....
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The Best Versions Of Poe’s Tell-Tale Heart: The World’s First X-Rated Cartoon...
TRUE! –nervous –very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses –not destroyed –not dulled them. Above all was the sense of...
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Eleven Classic Covers of Harper Lee’s ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’
To Kill a Mockingbird, a novel by the late Harper Lee, was originally published in 1960 with a jacket design by Shirley Smith. Immediately successful the book won the Pulitzer Prize and very quickly...
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24 Color Photographs of Paris From May 1960: The Cushman Tour
On Sunday May 8 1960, Charles W. Cushman (born Poseyville, Indiana, on July 30, 1896; died San Francisco, California June 8, 1972) arrived in Paris, France. One day earlier he’d arrived in Paris on an...
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Intriguing Photos Of Pre-Cold War Vienna 1959-1960
“In 1959 I had just turned 18. I had my first ‘proper’ camera,” writes Libby Hall. “A rangefinder made by, I think, Agfa. I knew almost nothing about photography, except that I was passionate about...
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A Raucous Night At O’Rourke’s Bar, Brooklyn (1960)
William Gedney (October 29, 1932 – June 23, 1989) spent a night at O’Rourke’s bar in Brooklyn, New York, on March 5 1960. Gedney moved to Brooklyn in 1951 to attend the Pratt Institute of Art. For 20...
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It Commands Respect Wherever it Travels! – Cadillac Ads 1960-62
1960 1961: Frank Kelly Freas, best-known for his science-fiction artwork, created this parody advertisement for Cadillac Jewelry, which was supposed to “let the whole world know you own that fabulous...
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Frida Kahlo’s Stunning Tribute To Diego Rivera
Frida Kahlo (July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954) and Diego Rivera (December 8, 1886–November 24, 1957) shared an unconventional and enduring love. In My Art, My Life: An Autobiography, a book that began as a...
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Last Rides: Photographs of Where Stars Died In Car Crashes
A morbid fascination follows dead stars. Christophe Rihet has photographed the roads where famous people died in car crashes. Jackson Pollock, Springs, New York, 11 August 1956 The alcoholic...
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The Last of Empire: Brooke Bond Picture Cards of Famous People 1869-1969
From the 1950s Brooke Bond gave away free picture postcards with boxes of PG Tips tea bags and packets of loose tea. At first, these cards primarily dealt with subjects relating to national...
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Ton-Up Boys, Girls, The Ace Cafe And The 59 Club: John Hoppy Hopkins’...
John “Hoppy” Hopkins (15 August 1937 – 30 January 2015) was the photographer and activist best known for his associations with London’s counterculture of the 1960s and 70s, having been a founder of the...
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