vintage photographs

Passanti

Tuesday 4 October, 2011 // Comments { 31 }

this is a new set of then & now photos from one of my favourite vintage photo collectors Giuseppe Savini. he says,

This is a series of photos I took in Bologna. I thought it was a good idea … then they told me that similar work had already been done … and then I gave up everything. - translated from Italian

it’s true – i have seen these done before, but not with the focus on the people in the photos. i think it’s far more interesting than just seeing the place itself – especially when you view past people in context with present day people.

let’s not forget all the effort Giuseppe must have gone to to track down these spots. so awesome!

all photographs by Giuseppe Savini

Comments { 31 }

Kodachrome…

Thursday 3 March, 2011 // Comments { 8 }

You give us those nice bright colors, you give us the greens of summers / Makes you think all the world’s a sunny day, oh yeah! / I got a Nikon camera , I love to take a photograph / So Mama, don’t take my Kodachrome away

makes me smile EVERY time. i thought of that song immediately when looking through aroid’s kodachrome photos, not just because they are actually kodachrome – but certainly the feeling they evoke. i really am such a sucker for old family photographs, and these babies are a serious treat. if you have some time to spare (MAKE some time, dammit) – have a gander through his incredible collection of vintage photographs (which i have blogged about before over here)

he even has home movies for heaven’s sake.

all belong to aroid.

Comments { 8 }

pierre wayser

Tuesday 4 January, 2011 // Comments { 2 }

a collection of photographs from the mid seventies by pierre wayser

all photographs by pierre wayser

Comments { 2 }

worth a thousand words

Thursday 27 May, 2010 // Comments { 0 }

jordan smith aka what makes the pie shops tick? collects found vintage photographs & ephemera that i can browse for ages and ages (and have done). his collection is amazingly extensive and gives you a glimpse into the lives of ordinary americans in the fifties and sixties.

Comments { 0 }

brox sisters, 1924

Thursday 6 May, 2010 // Comments { 0 }

the brox sisters was an american trio of singing sisters, enjoying their greatest popularity in the 1920s and early 1930s. you can see some of their performances on youtube (love their hair)

Continue Reading →

Comments { 0 }

teenage shindig

Wednesday 5 May, 2010 // Comments { 0 }

these photos are from Life magazine’s archives: Teenage Music – The Beachboys, The Righteous Brothers,  ABC’s “Shindig” … i’m assuming it’s one of those american tv specials from the late fifties / early sixties where a bunch of kids would gather in a studio & dance wildly to a hip band (think Grease). oh yes, it looks like a ton of fun.

Continue Reading →

Comments { 0 }

care free

Thursday 22 April, 2010 // Comments { 0 }

wouldn’t mind feeling like this right now.

Continue Reading →

Comments { 0 }

boy castaways

Tuesday 13 April, 2010 // Comments { 0 }

The author and dramatist J. M. Barrie created this adventure story in 1901 for the Llewelyn Davies family. Barrie befriended the Llewelyn Davies family in the 1890s and his famous character Peter Pan was inspired by the children. Barrie published only two copies of the story – one copy, given to the boys’ parents, was misplaced on a train in 1901. The only other remaining copy is held at the Beinecke Library. An inscription by Barrie reads: “There was one other copy of this book only and it was lost in a railway train in 1901.”

Continue Reading →

Comments { 0 }