“The photo always holds two layers, the concrete and the emotional. You must involve your own experience and perception when decoding the photo, and only then does it disseminate its full message” – photographer Krass Clement     In 1991 Danish photographer Krass Clement took three tips to Dublin, Ireland. There’s a feeling of perpetual … Continue reading "Dublin in 1991: Photographing The Feeling Of A City On The Edge" The post Dublin in 1991: Photographing The Feeling Of A City On The Edge appeared first on Flashbak.

Have you been? Do you need to go? We’ve seen Janet Leigh on the toilet in the Psycho bathroom, men of all ages on the pot and admired the bog at New York’s CBGB club and the dawning of the 1980s bathroom. In this gallery, photograph collector Robert E. Jackson share vintage snapshots of … Continue reading "Let’s Hear It For The Toilet Paper: 25 Vintage Snapshots of People And Toilets" The post Let’s Hear It For The Toilet Paper: 25 Vintage Snapshots of People And Toilets appeared first on Flashbak.

“Miss Eva prepared the heads before every séance, and endeavoured to make them unrecognizable. A clean-shaven face was decorated with a beard. Grey hairs became black curls, a broad forehead was made into a narrow one. But, in spite of all her endeavours, she could not obliterate certain characteristic lines” – A newspaper article explains … Continue reading "Phenomena of Materialisation : Investigating The Naked Psychic Eva Carrière" The post Phenomena of Materialisation : Investigating The Naked Psychic Eva Carrière appeared first on Flashbak.

“The Eye, that most amazing, that stupendous, that comprehending, that incomprehensible, that miraculous Organ, the Eye, is the Proteus of the Passions, the Herald of the Mind, The Interpreter of the Heart, and the Window of the Soul. The Eye has Dominion over all Things. The World was made for the Eye and the Eye … Continue reading "The Life and Extraordinary History of the Chevalier John Taylor: The Eye Surgeon Who Robbed You Blind" The post The Life and Extraordinary History of the Chevalier John Taylor: The Eye Surgeon Who Robbed You Blind appeared first on Flashbak.