Francis Bacon

The “Rubens Vase” ca. 400 (Late Antique): Carved in high relief from a single piece of agate, this extraordinary vase was most
likely created in an imperial workshop for a Byzantine emperor.  It made its way to France, probably carried off as treasure
after the sack of Constantinople in 1204 during the Fourth Crusade, where it passed through the hands of some of the most
renowned collectors of western Europe, including the Dukes of Anjou and King Charles V of France. In 1619, the vase was
purchased by the great Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). A drawing that he made of it is now in Saint
Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum, inv. 5430. The subsequent fate of the vase before the 19th century is obscure.




Painter and model II, 1963, Helmut Arnez




Garten am Thuner See, 1913, August Macke

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Djerba island, Tunisia, 1990




First day of Spring, 1953

Citicorp Center, New York, 1975, Hugh Stubbins




Girl at the fair, 1959, Victor Meeussen

Freeway Traffic At Night, 1962

A gargoyle at Notre Dame, 1922

Alina Lebedeva

LOMOGRAPHY -- The philosophy behind Lomography is summarized in its motto, "Don’t Think, Just Shoot." This motto is accompanied by The Ten Golden Rules which are supposed to encourage spontaneity and the taking of photographs anywhere, while minimizing considerations of formal technique. Typical Lomography cameras are deliberately low-fidelity and of simple construction. Some cameras make use of multiple lenses and rainbow-colored flashes; some exhibit extreme optical distortions and light leaks. The intention of the lomographic style is one of acceptance of such deficiencies in order to create images with a unique character.

Typical of lomography are images with high contrast and with unusual saturation and color that were created using the technique called cross processing in which film intended for developing in slide chemistry (E-6) is processed in photographic negative chemistry (C-41), and vice versa. This technique can be employed with any film camera and can be somewhat mimicked with photo-editing software such as GIMP or Photoshop.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lomography

Paris, 1953, Leonard Freed

Passing Train, Rye, NY, Joe Bruha

Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia,  just after sunrise.

Manhattan Flea Market

I went to a Hopper exhibit here not too long ago.  Fantastic work.  If anyone ever captured loneliness in paint, he did.

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2,500 year old helmet of Greek general (strategoi) Miltiades given as an offering to the temple of Zeus at Olympia after the battle of Marathon.




Voyager Golden Record




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