Photography and Photographers
Slideshow, 1957-style
The camera: $26.75 in 1957 = $222.68 in 2014
The projector: $64.50 in 1957 = $536.92 in 2014
Total costs to take pictures and display them for others to admire: $759.60
16GB iPhone, no contract: $649.00
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 09, 2014 -
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Category: Photography and Photographers, Technology, 1950s
What Is It?
A collectible "carte de visite" from the 1880s. See below in extended to find out exactly what "it" was!
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Posted By: Alex - Sat Feb 15, 2014 -
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Category: Photography and Photographers, Nineteenth Century
Polaroid Cheese Slicer
You can no longer buy Polaroid cameras, but for $10 you can get a Polaroid look-alike cheese slicer. Available at gamago.com.
Posted By: Alex - Mon Feb 03, 2014 -
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Category: Photography and Photographers
Group Photo Mystery
Why are these lads all assembled for this photo opportunity?
Answer after the jump.
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Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 03, 2014 -
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Category: Photography and Photographers, Teenagers, 1960s
Tiny People
The Johansens are a father-son team of photographers who specialize in using the figurines from a model railroad set to create bizarre scenes. Their website is tinypeoplebiglaughs.com.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Nov 29, 2013 -
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Category: Photography and Photographers
Alien Spaceship?
Here's a Google Earth photo of something at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. That might be a good enough hint.
There's another hint in the categories listing.
Click on the link to learn the fascinating truth.
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-02/captured-on-googl-earth-mysterious-barcode-patterns-strewn-across-us-land
Posted By: gdanea - Fri Aug 02, 2013 -
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Category: Photography and Photographers
The “Madeleine” Odor Camera
"The Madeleine works in much the same way as a 35mm camera. Just as the camera records the light information of a visual in order to create a replica The Madeleine records the chemical information of a smell."
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jul 11, 2013 -
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Category: Photography and Photographers
Antique Homicide Photos from NYC Archives
Over 300 gruesomely fascinating murder victims, at the NYC Archives. Of course, the 800K+ other shots are pretty cool as well.
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 28, 2013 -
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Category: Death, Photography and Photographers, Urban Life, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Blood
Screengrab
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 21, 2013 -
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Category: Body, Photography and Photographers, Surrealism
Revolver Camera
Paul once posted about a camera that looked like a gun. This does that one better. It's a camera AND a gun. Pull the trigger and it simultaneously takes a picture of and shoots a bullet at whomever you're aiming the gun at. It was created and used in the late 1930s in New York City. [via petapixel]
Posted By: Alex - Sun May 05, 2013 -
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Category: Guns, Photography and Photographers, 1930s
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