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“I look at these photographs and feel the overwhelming sensation of the noise of these low-flying aircraft. Yet I could leave what seemed like a war zone. And it was a kind of war, long-time residents trying for normalcy and the powers that be wanting them out.” – Michael Philip Manheim on Logan Airport, Boston, … Continue reading "Logan Airport Versus Neptune Road, Photographing Boston’s ‘War’ of 1973" The post Logan Airport Versus Neptune Road, Photographing Boston’s ‘War’ of 1973 appeared first on Flashbak.
In I Am a Stranger in This Country Berlin-based photograph Frederik Rüegger shows us pictures from the two years he spent visiting the Roma and Traveller communities in Britain and Ireland. The book’s title is a nod to his reflects his status as a foreigner abroad and the Travellers as outsiders in British and Irish … Continue reading "I Am a Stranger in This Country: An Outsider Photographs Britain and Ireland’s Travellers" The post I Am a Stranger in This Country: An Outsider Photographs Britain and Ireland’s Travellers appeared first on Flashbak.
“Our bedrooms tell stories about us. They become the repository for memories, desire and self-image” – American photographer Adrienne Salinger When Adrienne Salinger first published her portraits of teenagers in their bedrooms in the 1990s, the American photographer wanted In My Room: Teenagers in Their Bedrooms to be a collection primarily about art. But … Continue reading "Teenagers in Their Bedrooms in the 1990s" The post Teenagers in Their Bedrooms in the 1990s appeared first on Flashbak.
“I wear suits now basically because it’s easier if you are doing a television programme to wear the same thing all the time. You don’t want to go in way over the programme. It’s another way to get people to forget about me and concentrate on the person I am talking to.” – Melvyn Bragg, … Continue reading "Saving Jesus: An Interview with Broadcasting Legend Melvyn Bragg, 1984" The post Saving Jesus: An Interview with Broadcasting Legend Melvyn Bragg, 1984 appeared first on Flashbak.
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Almost every famous Greek God or Goddess has a Roman counterpart, many of whom were used to name the planets in our solar system, like Jupiter (Zeus) and Neptune (Poseidon). The Romans adopted much of Ancient Greek religion, renaming deities while retaining their core attributes and characteristics. Hestia and Vesta are two such goddesses, residing […]
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The struggle for control over every aspect of life is common in modern Western society. However, this approach can be juxtaposed with the ancient Chinese religious and philosophical ideas of Taoism. Taoism offers a guide for living a free-flowing life that is guided by the harmonious state of the universe. It perpetuates the belief […]
“I look at these photographs and feel the overwhelming sensation of the noise of these low-flying aircraft. Yet I could leave what seemed like a war zone. And it was a kind of war, long-time residents trying for normalcy and the powers that be wanting them out.” – Michael Philip Manheim on Logan Airport, Boston, … Continue reading "Logan Airport Versus Neptune Road, Photographing Boston’s ‘War’ of 1973" The post Logan Airport Versus Neptune Road, Photographing Boston’s ‘War’ of 1973 appeared first on Flashbak.