PUBLIC SCHOOL

Kyle Ferino – Parkview Lanes

I haven’t been to a good tacky bowling alley in several years but this set of photos by Kyle Ferino is making me glad I haven’t gone/wishing I do soon. More images after the jump.

Italian Ruins as Propaganda

The Nazis sucked for many reasons, but one that is easy to gain consensus on was their reckless destruction. But after the Allies landed on Sicily in 1943 and toppled Italian Fascism, the Nazi’s began to do an odd thing. During the Luftwaffe’s aerial bombing campaign, they sent historians to document some of Italy’s most beautiful buildings, before and after the destruction. What was being disguised as an effort to document cultural artifacts in agreement with the Hague Conventions, was actually a means for them to make the Allies look like cultural barbarians back home.

Spiegel Online has a great collection of some of the photographs from this campaign. They’re difficult to look at especially when paired with the history of some of the buildings. If you have some time, I recommend reading the story behind the imagery as well. It’s just another reason to add to the long list of why war is hell.

More before and after shots after the jump. Click on them to enlarge and see the names of the buildings.

The Wonderful World of Albert Kahn

It’s a bit unusual to look at images from the early 1900′s and see life as it was in color. Growing up, your general perception of that era seems to live solely in black and white. Thanks to the philanthropist Albert Kahn, we have this collection of wonderful color images captured around the world. In 1909 Albert funded a project with the goal of sending several photographers around the world to capture life on film. In the subsequent years he amassed a collection of over 72,000 photographs from those photographers.

There is now a book and television series about his project available from the BBC. You’ll find 14 additional images after the jump.

Tim MacPherson

Tim MacPherson‘s photography is nice and inventive. These shots of kids at play in their own little world are great. More after the jump.

Portraits With Their Stuff

You don’t really see people photographed with all of their stuff which is why this portrait series by Huang Qingjun and Ma Hongjie is so interesting. I’m just as fond of the settings in which these people live as much as the contents of their homes. We’ve got a selection of the portraits after the jump.

Via Tokyo Blues