Vintage Photo: Waiting For That Call
All Things Amazing: 3for3
OK, so the cars in the background indicates it's not vintage, they tell me. But who cares about the cars?
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Showing posts with label vintage photos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vintage photos. Show all posts
July 15, 2009
July 14, 2009
May 30, 2009
May 25, 2009
Vintage Photo: Two Guys and a Tree
Today I found this old photo portraying a couple of guys in the Old Town of Stockholm. It was being displayed at the Nordiska muséet in a small exhibition about photography of everyday life and people. I'm sorry didn't note when or by whom it was taken but let's say (please do correct me) it's from about 1920-30. UPDATE: Josephzohn says "The old photo was taken by Gösta Spång in February 1924, 20 minutes past 3 in the afternoon!" which is confirmed here. Anyway, I immediately liked it, the composition, the tree and the guys. I also felt that the place was familiar, not that I knew exactly where but I knew I'd find it. With some luck I found it straight away (very close to where Josephzohn works, by the way).
The tiny tree was much larger but the houses in the background looked exactly the same (as they should in this part of Stockholm). I wanted to take a photo from more or less the same position but, damn it, they had put up a statue between the photographers position and the tree! Bastards. So I had to move in front of the statue to shoot it. As you can see in the larger compiled image of then and now the now-tree ended up a bit to the right of the then-tree. Either they moved it, perhaps it's even another tree planted later, or I simply should have moved a bit to the right. I had to manipulate today's photo to make everything but the tree fit, so the angle was somewhat off.
Tyska Stallplan (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia have this great (1,977 × 767 pixels) panoramic photo by Mats Halldin. Thanks. Click it!
More:
- Prästgatan No. 80 (Flickr)
- Mårten Trotzigs Gränd (Wikipedia)
- The relief plaque seen on the wall behind the guys says painter Carl Larsson was born at Prästgatan No. 78.
- "The most beautiful corner in/of Stockholm."
If you want to see the place on a 3D map click here and turn the view completely around or for the street view.
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Related post:
Photo: Now and Then
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April 3, 2009
February 18, 2009
Photo: August Sander
Pastry cook, 1928
August Sander, German photographer (1876-1964).
"...most well known for his portraits..." - Wikipedia on August Sander
- A portfolio of 29 photographs
- The J. Paul Getty Museum's collection
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Related article: "What makes a great portrait?" (via)
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February 3, 2009
Photo: Now and Then
Pieces of old photos from “The Siege of Leningrad", 1941-44, laid over photos of the modern city (now St Petersburg), taken at the same place and in the same angle. Made by Sergei Larenkov.
English Russia
January 25, 2009
Vintage Photos: Monkeyman On a Leash
Via PCL LinkDump
January 20, 2009
Vintage ladies: Ziegfeld Follies Girls
Ziegfeld Follies Girls on Flickr. Uploaded by booboogb
Via Bibi
About Ziegfeld Follies
January 19, 2009
Swedish Actresses: Christina Lindberg
A promotional photo uploaded to Vintage Photo by are you asleep. - 3 more!
Christina Lindberg as Frigga / Madeleine / One Eye in the Swedish movie "Thriller - en grym film" (1974) also known as "Hooker's Revenge" (USA) (reissue title), "They Call Her One Eye" (USA) (censored version), "Thriller: A Cruel Picture" (USA).
Christina Lindberg was not only a successful actress in movies with an erotic touch but she also was a well-known pin-up model. Here you'll find quite a lot of examples from that career and screen shots too. I should not have to explain that it is NSFW. Should I?
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UPDATE: see next post!
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Related: The Swedish Actresses series
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December 15, 2008
December 10, 2008
Christmas: Scared of Santa Gallery - repost
Just as funny as last year: The Scared of Santa Gallery
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December 8, 2008
Vintage Photos: More Airships
It's a bird! It's a plane! Is it a drawn frog flying an airship on a vintage postcard and not a photo!
A bunch of great airship photos uploaded by aequor_ at Vintage Photo.
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November 30, 2008
Vintage Photos: René Maltête
Vintage Photos had a big post containing a large number of photos by French photographer René Maltête but via a earlier post at PCL LinkDump I ended up at Maltête's own site where lots more photos can be viewed. Funny and beautiful. Go!
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November 27, 2008
Vintage Photos: Les grands ballons...
See the whole series of photos at If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger,
There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats: Les grands ballons de Macy's
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November 25, 2008
Vintage Photos: Bathing Caps
Bathing Caps With Faces by Ralph Crane, 1950s
(4 photos)
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November 23, 2008
November 21, 2008
Vintage Photos: Heja Sverige!
Photographer: Co Rentmeester, 1972, LIFE
I don't exactly know what this photo was supposed to illustrate but searching the LIFE photos for "polaroid" this was one of the results. A beautiful woman, probably Swedish, wearing a t-shirt with an image clearly Swedish. The typical red-painted Swedish cottage, the flagpole, the blue-and-yellow, trees...
This is also an image of Sweden...
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