(via stopping off place: for R.C.)

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Proof that Vermeer used optical devices?

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“Prove it — with a Kodak”

(via The Triumph of Kodakery: The Camera Maker May Die, But the Culture It Created Survives - Alexis Madrigal - Technology - The Atlantic)

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Chairs. Fugazi. … ? “These are a few of my favorite things.”? 

P.S. This poster is available on eBay for $600 in case anyone forgot to buy me a Christmas present. ;)

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Robert Frank: Red-and-Yellow Brogues, Circa 1974-1975

Frank accidentally left these shoes at the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, N.Y., while working with film students in the mid-1970s.

(via Shoes of the Very Famous - Photo Gallery - LIFE)

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smokeandacoke:

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I love a good visual gag, and I've often seen (and laughed at) this photo, but never knew the creator.

Today I learned it is the work of René Maltête (1930-2000), described by some as a "photowitticist."

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How It’s Made: The Impossible Project (by petapixelcom)

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One time, this guy handed me a picture of him, he said,”Here’s a picture of me when I was younger.”

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A book printed through a printing chain made of four desktop printers using four different colors and technologies dated from 1880 to 1976.

(via xavier antin / Just in Time, or A Short History of Production)

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These are cracking me up … many more to see at the Animated Albums site.

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Designing with Type: Open Forum: Essays and Quotations

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