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Book review – The Sick Rose: Disease and the Art of Medical Illustration

The Sick Rose” Disease and the Art of Medical Illustration, by academic medical historian Dr Richard Barnett. Available on Amazon UK and USA. Publisher Thames and Hudson writes: The Sick Rose is a...

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A visit to the largest wind tunnel in Great Britain

Guest exploring wind turbine in Q121. Image György Kőrössy Outside view of Q121. Image György Kőrössy I know you’re not supposed to ever be tired of London but if you feel like a change of atmosphere,...

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Not all documents are records

Facade of the Open Eye Gallery. Paul Morrison, Urformen © Photo Paul Karalius Last month, i visited the Liverpool Biennial. It was boring (BO-RING) but it was still worth the trip. One: because I love...

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Anecdotal radiations, the stories surrounding nuclear armament and testing...

In our collective unconscious the atom bomb is synonymous with Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But since 1945 it has been documented that more than 2079 nuclear bombs have been detonated on Earth. Since the...

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The Barts Pathology Museum

A few weeks ago, i discovered the existence of the Barts Pathology Museum. And then i visited it so you don’t have to. Gout, 1908 Photo Barts Pathology Museum (via) The museum was opened in 1879 and...

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Amore e Piombo: The Photography of extremes in 1970s Italy

This is Giulio Andreotti, a legend in Italian politics: Giulio Andreotti, Rome, 1970s © TEAM Editorial Services/Alinari For almost half a century, Andreotti occupied all the major offices of state. He...

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After The Flash. Photography from the Atomic Archive

and UK) And now for the many photos i promised you: Photographer Unknown, Operation Redwing Super H Bomb – Tom and the Big Boy and Baby Bomb, 1956 Photographer Unkown, Cave Bomb Shelter, June 1972...

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Book review: Photography Visionaries

and USA Publisher Laurence King writes: Photography Visionaries is an inspiring guide to 75 of the most influential photographers from around 1900 to the present. Entertainingly written by an expert on...

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Book review: Futures. Science Fiction, Space Travel, and Postwar Art of the...

Past Futures. Science Fiction, Space Travel, and Postwar Art of the Americas, edited by curator Sarah J. Montross. (available on amazon USA and UK.) Publisher MIT Press writes: From the 1940s to the...

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For Ever Amber, ennobling working class and marginalized communities

Tish Murtha, Youth Unemployment, 1981 Amber Films, Launch (still), 1973 My interest for photography, working class culture and marginal communities is fairly well documented on this blog. Hence my...

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Zofia Rydet, the old lady who wanted to photograph the inside of every single...

Zofia Rydet was 67 years old when she set herself the herculean task of photographing the inside of every single house in Poland. From 1978 until her death in 1997, she would frantically travel by bus...

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Grafters: Industrial society in image and word

Burlers and menders, Scott Mills, 1948. Courtesy of Museums and Galleries, City of Bradford MDC Trafford Park, 1976. Courtesy of John Bulmer Located in a former hydraulic pumping station in...

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Art, mathematics and a spider crab at the D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum

Dalziel + Scullion, Primates (detail) While in Dundee (Scotland), i got a chance to visit The D’Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum, in the company of Matthew Jarron, Curator of Museum Services at the...

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Childhoods under the lens of humanist documentary photography

The only photography venue in the UK exclusively devoted to documentary, Side Gallery, is about to re-open with an exhibition dedicated to children. Children! Now this is definitely not my favourite...

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Lost Utopias, documenting the remains of World’s Fair sites

Lost Utopias. Photographs by Jade Doskow, with essays by Richard Pare and Jennifer Minner & an interview of Doskow by Vladimir Belogolovsky. On amazon UK and USA. Black Dog Publishing writes: Since...

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Unthanksgiving and the occupation of Alcatraz by American Natives

One post about two important stories: a series of excellent webinars dedicated to art&activism and a few words about the origins of Unthanksgiving Day! John Trudell, a Sioux poet and activist,...

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Drawing the Line: Maps that shaped the 20th century

Photo: The British Library The British Library in London is currently running one of its typically satisfying exhibitions where you learn a lot, discover exquisite artifacts and exit questioning what...

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The Dead Minitel Orchestra

Graffiti Research Lab France, The Dead Minitel Orchestra Graffiti Research Lab France, The Dead Minitel Orchestra Graffiti Research Lab France, The Dead Minitel Orchestra Graffiti Research Lab France,...

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Michel Campeau. Life Before Digital

Anonyme, Easter Greetings, about 1955. Collection de Michel Campeau While in Montreal for a series of panels curated by HOLO magazine for the digital festival MUTEK, i felt the need (as i often do) to...

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Paleo-energy: a counter-history of energy

“The history of energy is neither linear nor Darwinian. It is full of forgotten fantastic innovations…” Augustin Mouchot and Abel Pifre, the first solar power printing press, 1882. Photo: Le petit...

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