Who Was The Earliest Born Person To Be Photographed?
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 26, 2023
If you've had the chance to explore your old family photo albums, you may have stumbled upon pictures of your ancestors who were born du...
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George Lawrence’s Mammoth Camera
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 21, 2022
In 1899, the Chicago & Alton Railway introduced a new intercity rail service between Chicago and St. Louis. Pulled by a 4-6-2 steam loco...
The First Photograph in History
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 20, 2021
It doesn’t look like much, but this is the world’s first photograph, or rather, the oldest surviving photograph, or both. It was taken by ...
Post Mortem Photography
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 8, 2021
In the olden days before photography, people used to hire painters to create portraits of those who had recently died as a way to keep the...
A Treasure Trove of Antique Car Accidents
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 12, 2020
For four decades from 1917 through the late 1950s, Boston Herald-Traveler photographer Leslie Jones covered every major and minor events in...
Haystacks of Rishikesh
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 12, 2019
Haystacks are often constructed around a central pole, or a tree. Bales of hay are loosely arranged around the central structure to prevent ...
Abandoned Cars in Hawaii
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 5, 2019
In Hawaii, it is easier to dump your old car by the side of the road than have it legally disposed—an attitude that’s causing big headaches ...
Bernd And Hilla Becher’s Industrial Photography
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 17, 2019
For over 40 years, starting from the early 1960s, German artists Bernd and Hilla Becher photographed over two hundred industrial plants and...
The Galloping Horse Problem And The World’s First Motion Picture
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 19, 2019
“The 1821 Derby at Epsom” by Théodore Géricault Horses have appeared in works of art throughout history. They have appeared in prehistoric...
Cat Ladders of Bern
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 28, 2019
Cats love climbing, and they certainly need no human help to navigate precarious-looking structures. But in the Swiss city of Bern, cat owne...
