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fascinating story about a paris time capsule: an apartment abandoned before the onset of the war, that has been unopened for 70 years… incredible

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m / 10-04-2013 06:51 - tags: , ,  

spotted around town

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a variation on the ‘holland festival’ series 2013 from maureen mooren and photographer johannes schwartz above, the one below is uncredited

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m / 10-04-2013 06:48 - tags: , , ,  

sweet

…magnum photographer, Martin Parr returns to using a film camera in this wonderfully engaging documentary about Teddy Gray’s sweet factory in Dudley in the West Midlands.

Established in 1826, Teddy Gray’s has always been a family owned and run business. Five generations have worked and contributed towards the business of keeping the traditional, hand-made methods of sweet making alive…

(thanks to ‘jihaa’ for the sweet link)

m / 03-04-2013 10:01 - tags: , , ,  

tableaux d’intimites

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french artist anne-laure maison shoots people’s windows at night and creates large-scale collages; which are somewhat reminiscent stained-glass church windows to me

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m / 02-04-2013 08:14 - tags: , ,  

abandoned

an artist’s impression of amsterdam central station 100 years after a disaster, nicely done although i have the feeling there would be way more vegetation after so much time…
(via local TV station ‘at5’)

m / 27-03-2013 09:34 - tags: , , ,