May 17th, 2013

the third avenue elevated train was torn down in 1955, and while the streets that it ran along were suddenly flooded with light, the manhattan landscape lost one of its most enduring features. bubley’s images were taken in 1951, a few years before the el train was demolished, and are very much a homage to the past.

the elevated trains were quickly forgotten, like the horse cars before them.

© esther bubley, from new york. portrait of a city

May 16th, 2013

flocks of seagulls seek refuge from the rough weather at sea, and circle round blackpool tower in search of food, uk, february 26, 1937

© fox photos/ getty images

May 16th, 2013

a view of manhattan from across the east river, 1936

photographer unknown, from new york. portrait of a city

May 7th, 2013

rue cortembert. a de dion-bouton car fitted with puncture-proof ducasble tyres (each element comprises a ball the size of a tennis ball), 1903

© jacques-henri lartigue, from paris. portrait of a city

May 2nd, 2013

love and barbed wire (lovers in the jardin des tuileries during the occupation), paris 1er, 1944

© robert doisneau, from doisneau [the war 1939-1944]

April 9th, 2013

romerberg square in the old town district of frankfurt am main, germany, circa 1925

photo by fox photos/ stringer/ getty images

April 4th, 2013

brooklyn bridge view (detail), 1950. the tallest building in the photo is the american international building, erected in 1930-32.

photo by paul himmel, from new york. portrait of a city

April 2nd, 2013

a sketch from vertigo (1958, dir. by alfred hitchcock) by henry bumstead, production designer and illustrator, winner of two lifetime achievement awards as well as two academy awards for his work on to kill a mockingbird (1962, dir. by robert mulligan) and the sting (1973, dir. by george royhill)

from designs on film: a century of hollywood art direction by cathy whitlock

March 26th, 2013

“money may not buy happiness, but i’d rather cry in a jaguar than on a bus.” — françoise sagan

françoise sagan in her jaguar xk140, 1963. françoise sagan shot to fame at the age of 19 when her novel bonjour tristesse (hello sadness) became an international bestseller. she is remembered for her colorful  wayward life; and her love of luxury, excess, and fast cars.

photo by helmut newton, from paris. portrait of a city

March 25th, 2013

sailors heading up peter’s hill from the river towards the dome of st paul’s cathedral looming above the rooftops, 1938

photographer unknown, from london. portrait of a city

March 20th, 2013

which platform?

a very young passenger asks a station attendant for directions, on the railway platform at bristol, england, 1936. photo by george w. hales.

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