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1964: Revolution

Posted on January 13, 2018 by corvusfugit

During the shooting of David Lean’s Doctor Zhivago [set in Russia during WWI and the Russian Revolution] in a Madrid suburb in 1964, a crowd of Spanish statists had to sing the “Internationale” in a scene involving a mass demonstration. The … Continue reading →

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1880: Dredging

Posted on January 12, 2018 by corvusfugit

John Twachtman: Dredging in the East River (c. 1880)

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2009: Prescription

Posted on January 10, 2018 by corvusfugit

Margaret Owen: Daily Painting #214 (2009) (source)

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1946: New Year’s

Posted on January 1, 2018 by corvusfugit

Horace Bristol: The New Moon, January 1, 1946 During the Saidai-ji Eyo Hadaka Matsuri [“Saidaiji Temple Naked Festival”] in Okayama, participants wear only a Japanese loincloth called a fundoshi as they compete to find one of two camphor-scented batons that … Continue reading →

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1939: Before the Parachute Opens

Posted on December 31, 2017 by corvusfugit

Tullio Crali: Before the Parachute Opens (1939)

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1871: Channel

Posted on December 31, 2017 by corvusfugit

John Brett: The British Channel Seen from the Dorsetshire Cliffs (1871)

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1926: Watershed

Posted on December 31, 2017 by corvusfugit

Daniel Garber: A Wooded Watershed (1926)

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2014: Yield

Posted on December 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Samatha Keely Smith: Yield (2014) (source)

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2003: River Keeper

Posted on December 30, 2017 by corvusfugit

Kim Keever: River Keeper (2003); “Kim Keever’s large-scale photographs are created by meticulously constructing miniature topographies in a 200-gallon tank, which is then filled with water. These dioramas of fictitious environments are brought to life with colored lights and the … Continue reading →

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1838: Matua Tawai

Posted on December 28, 2017 by corvusfugit

Alexandre Pierre Marie Dumoutier: plaster cast of Matua Tawai, a New Zealander of Ikanamawi (1838) Moulage sur nature became a powerful freezing and fixation tool used to document a natural and even human hic et nunc status. In the great … Continue reading →

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