yuri gagarin in vostok I
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the first man in space. The Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was propelled into orbit inside Vostok 1 on a 108 minute flight around the Earth on April 12th, 1961. He reached a height of … Continue reading
© dennis hopper
Previously only available in a limited edition, Dennis Hopper: Photographs 1961-1967 is published today by Taschen. A testament to the decade’s cultural metamorphosis, the book presents his candid pictures of celebrities and political events alongside snapshots of the everyday landscape. … Continue reading
come fly with me, let's fly let's fly away!
It’s a dreary drizzly January day, and my thoughts are turned to flying away. To celebrate sky travel, here are some images from the early days of aeronautics.
They all got the joke, apart from the one on the right....
Wherever I go in the world I always like to pick up a healthy dose of ephemera. Old family photos in particular I find fascinating – I wonder how they ever got out of the album and into the marketplace, … Continue reading
Shhhhhh...I can't hear them!
On this day in 1965 The Beatles played to a record 55,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York. Beatlemania was at it’s height and the concert set a new precedence for large scale performance. The volume of the screaming … Continue reading
The Big Show of the World
In Madrid I saw this beautiful Peacock displaying it’s tail feathers – what a spectacle! It got me hunting out images inspired by this fantastical bird…..there’s just something about the combination of its extravagant display and deeply patterned iridescent blue-green-gold … Continue reading