Melanie Surani's Blog, page 148
January 19, 2016
“You watch as many silent films as I have,” he said, “and you...
“You watch as many silent films as I have,” he said, “and you learn to lip read.”
The Silent Treatment by Melanie Surani
just-shower-thoughts:
It’s going to be pretty easy to turn “2015” into “2016” when I write the...
It’s going to be pretty easy to turn “2015” into “2016” when I write the wrong date for the next few weeks.
jacindaelena:
Over 100 years ago, a French banker named Albert...
Over 100 years ago, a French banker named Albert Kahn undertook a massive photography project that became known as The Archives of the Planet.
Sending photographers to every continent, Kahn aimed to collect colour
snapshots from all corners of the Earth using a brand new technology
known as the Autochrome Lumiere. Over
72,000 colour images were taken over the course of the project, but the
following series focuses on the vibrant and iconic daily life of Paris,
from nearly a century in the past.
Kahn commissioned four photographers to collect images set
specifically in cosmopolitan Paris: Leon Gimpel, Stephane Passet,
Georges Chevalier, and Auguste Leon. They utilized pioneering technology
that employed colour filters made from microscopic grains of dyed
potato starch. The artists began documenting the city in 1914, just days
before the outbreak of World War I. The images collected portray the
everyday struggle of real life, juxtaposed with a joie de vivre characteristic of Parisians, in a city on the brink of devastation brought on by a war that would alter the world.
This collection showcases an amazing, colourful time period, with
historical scenes that are as familiar as they are foreign, not to
mention a nostalgic depiction of humanity.
January 18, 2016
January 17, 2016
(via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wMJW...) Yeah fuck you,...
acebycircle:
He just sits his ass down on all those buttons...
He just sits his ass down on all those buttons that could or could not be firing lasers into space
January 16, 2016
lexxercise:
Scavenger //
I’ve seen Star Wars twice now and I...
Scavenger //
I’ve seen Star Wars twice now and I still don’t think I can put into words how much Rey means to me.
I haven’t seen the new Star Wars, but this is a nice picture.
