Many theatrical set designers today follow the maxim of “less is more”, but in the old days when theaters had to compete with moving pictures, plays frequently featured elaborate and extravagant sets built with great attention to detail. Continue reading
Tag Archives: New York City
The Dust Bowl of The 1930
The 1930s were some of the driest years in American history. Eight long years of drought, preceded by inappropriate cultivation technique, and the financial crises of the Great Depression forced many farmers off the land abandoning their fields throughout the Great Plains that run across the heart of mainland United States. Continue reading
Aerial Photographs of Southern Africa
Photographer Zack Seckler‘s latest series took him 2,000 miles through South Africa, each piece shot from the passenger seat of a two-seater sport plane. Continue reading
Vintage Pictures Brought to Life After Colourisation
After a thrilling chase through the busiest streets of Washington, a couple of bootleggers and their car come to grief at the hands of the Capitol police, 21st January 1922 Continue reading
Rainy New York City
Artist Karen Woods painted hyperreal images of New York city though the window of a rainy car and all of them had us doing a double-take. Continue reading
Stunning Travel Photography
Kirsten Alana is a talented self-taught photographer, traveler, writer and Francophile who currently lives and works in New York City. Continue reading