Photography and Photographers
Boys Will Be Boys
The Washington School for Boys Drama Club, circa 1910. (via Shorpy)
Posted By: Alex - Tue Apr 21, 2009 -
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Category: Photography and Photographers, Gender, 1910s
First Ever WU-vention!
Okay, it's not yet as big and popular as Burning Man, but the first gathering of WU-vies has occured. KW, Jules and Madd Maxx chose to meet recently. And here's photographic proof.Syrup shortages were reported in the region throughout the following week.
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Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 15, 2009 -
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Category: Conventions, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Food, Human Marvels, Obsessions, Photography and Photographers, Restaurants, Signage, Subcultures, Public Indecency, Sex Symbols, Reader Recommendation, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers
Every Foto of Lincoln—Save One
Now that a new photo of Abe Lincoln has been found, I'm sure the maker of the video below is cursing those discoverers.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 12, 2009 -
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Category: Photography and Photographers, Politics, Historical Figure, Nineteenth Century
Butlin’s Crazy House
Consider the Crazy House once to be found in Felixstowe, UK.
These old postcard images come from the Flickr set of a fellow who uses the handle Photoaf.
The house was part of a Butlin's Amusement Park. For the history of the founder, Billy Butlin, eventually knighted for his recreational achievements, visit here.
Wouldn't you have loved to experience this park during its heyday, some seventy years ago?
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 25, 2008 -
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Category: Architecture, Buildings and Other Structures, Entertainment, Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, History, Photography and Photographers, Surrealism, Foreign Customs, 1930s
LIFE Photo Archive
Google recently announced it's struck a deal to host the entire photo archive of Life magazine. Millions of photos (including many previously unpublished ones) will be made freely searchable online. If you're the kind of person who likes to browse through archives searching for weird stuff, it's pretty much a goldmine.Only about 20% of the archive is online so far, but I've already had fun browsing through it. Below are a few photos I found doing a search for bird experiments.
The LIFE captions are pretty dry. I thought they could be improved by coming up with new captions in the style of LOL Birds. I'm sure the WU readers can come up with better captions than I was able to.
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My caption: "I'm watching you!"
My caption: "Canz I play too?"
Posted By: Alex - Wed Nov 19, 2008 -
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Category: Photography and Photographers, Science, Experiments
Weird Horses
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 02, 2008 -
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Category: Animals, Photography and Photographers, Science, Books
The Living Stump
THE LIVING STUMP!
I did not snap a picture, but fortunately I could borrow one from El Sylvan's Flickr set.
The Living Stump is the remnant of a tree whose roots became symbiotically intertwined with a neighboring tree. So that when one tree was cut down, the partner tree continued to nourish the stump, which did not decay as any other chopped-down tree might be expected to.
Yes, folks, this is A ZOMBIE TREE!
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 13, 2008 -
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Category: Celebrities, Death, Nature, Photography and Photographers, Regionalism
La Chute
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I'm not sure exactly what that means, but his photos are cool.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Sep 05, 2008 -
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Category: Photography and Photographers
Head Canting
Have you ever noticed that some people, when their picture is taken, tilt their head to the side? The behavior is called head canting. I never knew this until I stumbled upon an article titled "Head Canting In Paintings: An Historical Study" in the Journal of Nonverbal Behavior (Spring 2001).
Some factoids about head canting:
• Researchers speculate that it's a submissive gesture. The sociologist Erving Goffman described it as "a form of ingratiation or appeasement achieved by reducing one's overall height."
• The authors of the "Head Canting in Paintings" article examined 1498 figures in the works of 11 painters from the 14th to the 20th centuries. They concluded that, throughout history, head canting has been associated with submissiveness:
Some googling about the subject also uncovered a bit of trivia:
Posted By: Alex - Tue Aug 26, 2008 -
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Category: Photography and Photographers, Psychology
Third Eye Camera
But does it come with a tripod?
Posted By: Alex - Thu Aug 21, 2008 -
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Category: Art, Photography and Photographers, Technology
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