Piet van Kempen, Dutch track cyclist and general all-round bad-ass, taking a break during a six-day event in Wembley, 1936.
via @History_Pics
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Monday, November 18, 2013
Like a Boss
Piet van Kempen, Dutch track cyclist and general all-round bad-ass, taking a break during a six-day event in Wembley, 1936.
via @History_Pics
Monday, May 27, 2013
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
The Cold Edge
Sleeping Giant
Blue Iceberg
The Blue Line
Images from The Cold Edge, an exhibition on Arctic photography, opening in The Copper House Gallery in Dublin on Thursday 13 September.
Images: Dave Walsh
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Iconic Explosions Depicted in Cauliflower
The Hindenburg Disaster
Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
The Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki
Images by Brock Davies, via Kottke.org.
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Friday, November 18, 2011
It seems that Benetton are up to their old tricks again...
... and El T, for one, is all for it. Benneton's campaigns are always best when they feature either tongue-in-cheek shocking images (as above), or genuinely shocking images (as below):
When Benneton try to get all touchy-feely and messagey, though; then, their campaigns are a bit naff:
Images from Fashionism.ca
Friday, November 11, 2011
The Most Expensive Photograph in the World
This photo, Rhein II by Andreas Gursky, fetched the princely sum of $4,338,500 in Christie's last Tuesday. Which just goes to show that once an artist becomes sufficiently famous, they can crank out any old tat, then sell it for a shedload of money. El T particularly likes the Emperor's new clothing strewn across the foreground.
Via The Atlantic
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