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...
Danila Tkachenko’s Ghostly Photographs of Abandoned Soviet Military Sites
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 30, 2021
In his series “Restricted Areas”, Moscow-based visual artist Danila Tkachenko looks at the human impulse to use destructive technologies in ...
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...
Hanoi’s Motorcycle Deliveries
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 30, 2019
Two-wheelers are the most popular mode of transport in Vietnam, especially in big and dense cities such as Hanoi. Motorbikes and scooters s...
Ugly Belgian Houses
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 18, 2019
There is a near universal appeal among Belgians to build their own house, which is reflected in the popular saying—“every Belgian is born wi...
What Grandmas Around The World Cook
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 12, 2019
I love photography projects that explore different cultures of the world—like Julian Germain’s photos of classrooms from various countries ,...
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...
James Nasmyth’s Fake Lunar Photographs From 1874
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 8, 2018
In 1874, an astronomer and an inventor together published one of the most influential books of the time on lunar geology, titled The Moon: C...
Photographer Uses Drone to Capture Social Inequality Across The World
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 17, 2018
American Photographer Johnny Miller became interested in social inequality and segregation when he moved to Cape Town, in South Africa. The ...
China’s Ready-Made Urban Forests
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 8, 2018
Since the past few years, the Chinese government has been planting thousands of trees in cities across the country hoping to create an urban...
What Soldiers Carried To Battlefield Through The Ages
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 16, 2018
Societies have been warring with each other since ancient times. Weapons were probably the first tools humans built, first to hunt animals f...
Dubai’s Encroaching Sandstorms
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 23, 2018
Living in the UAE is a constant battle with dust, sand and sandstorms, especially during summer, but they can occur in any seasons of the ye...
What Rooftops Tell About Hong Kong’s Residents
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 13, 2018
For over four years, photographer Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze has been training his lens on the rooftops of Hong Kong’s skyscrapers, in particul...
