Landscapes of the Western Front, 1914–1918
Photographs for official army panoramas that offer, a century after their strategic function has passed, an unusual and haunting portrait of WW1….more
Photographs
Photographs of a Falling Cat (1894)
Étienne-Jules Marey’s photographs of a cat falling, 12 frames per second, produced in 1894 in order to try solve the riddle of the cat righting reflex….more
The First Tour de France (1903)
The 2013 Tour de France marks the 100th of the event’s history, which began in 1903 (the competition was put on hold during the two world wars). Strangely, this ina…more
The Corset X-Rays of Dr Ludovic O’Followell (1908)
X-Ray images of women wearing corsets from the second volume of the French doctor Ludovic O’Followell’s Le Corset (1908)….more
Moriarty Playing Cards (1916)
Actresses featured in the Moriarty playing card series issued in 1916 by the Movie Souvenir Card Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio. The back of each card is a reproduction in…more
Photographs of the Famous by Felix Nadar
Félix Nadar was the pseudonym of Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (1 April 1820, Paris – 20 March 1910), a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist and b…more
Dr Julius Neubronner’s Miniature Pigeon Camera
100 years before drones, in search of better aerial photography, Dr Julius Neubronner patented a miniature pigeon camera activated by a timing mechanism and created…more
