typically random ramblings and late night dribble.
no idea why I haven’t got around to sharing this before now, but please go and check out the boston globe’s own photoblog (of sorts), the big picture.
news and editorial photos so good, they make me sick with envy. do yourself a favour.
i know it’s been a while, but this had to be linked.
miles has captured a doggy classic.
Shorpy.com is the 100-year-old photography blog that brings our ancestors back, at least to the desktop. The site is named after Shorpy Higginbotham, a boy who worked in an Alabama coal mine near the turn of the century.
i have no idea what the stories behind these images are, but they’re powerful and well worth a look.
linky thanks to no traces for the tip off.
i came across these today. i wasn’t looking for colour shots specifically, but some of these images are stunning. also found a second gallery which doesn’t state explicitly that they’re autochrome, but i would imagine they’d have to be, given the age.
the autochrome process is celebrating it’s 100th birthday this year, having been patented in 1903, but not properly marketed until 1907. you can read all about it at wikipedia, and check out a few of the links at the bottom of the entry for some more shots.
pretty incredible