Did you ever read the I Spy books? You know, the ones where each page is a scattering of little toys and you have to find 3 bats, a key, a needle, a baseball bat, and a squirrel? Here’s a reminder:
Turns out, these photographs are all shot by a guy named Walter Wick. I absolutely love his photography. Here’s a link to his web site.
Recently, Walter got an assignment to shoot a photograph of a bunch of toys in an upside down pyramid, all balanced on a single lego brick. Fun to watch him build the structure, more fun to watch him knock it all down…
Posted by Dave Mark on Sep 29, 2009 in photography
Taryn Simon takes photographs of the hidden, the things that you might never see in your life. Typically, these photographs are of restricted areas, and required a tremendous effort to gain permission to capture. Striking stuff…
The 17,000 square foot cave house was built by the Sleeper family outside St. Louis. Perhaps the most famous thing about this house was the fact that at one point, the house faced foreclosure and was put up for bid on eBay for $300,000. Fortunately, the Sleepers were able to find a solution to their financial problems and keep their home.
This film is from a demonstration Wilbur Wright gave to a gathering of photographers and army representatives. Click on the image of the airplane to go to the video. Best viewed in full-screen.
The web site claims that the footage was shot in 1909, but I believe it was shot earlier than that. I’ve seen much lower-quality footage, dated 1907, that matches this footage frame-by-frame. Either way, I found this incredibly fascinating…
