“I feel that a people’s past, including their accomplishments, aspirations and failures, are reflected less in the faces of those who live in these neighborhoods than in the material, built environment in which they move and modify over time. ” – Camilo José Vergara   Since 1980, Chilean-born photographer Camilo José Vergara has been marking … Continue reading "The Evolution of 178th St at Vyse Ave, South Bronx, NYC – 1980-2022" The post The Evolution of 178th St at Vyse Ave, South Bronx, NYC – 1980-2022 appeared first on Flashbak.

“A lot of my images are from Grand Central station for a project I did,” says reader Bill Antin. “I literally lived in the station for a year taking these images. It was my senior year photo thesis at the school of Visual Art in NYC. I spent many days and nights all over … Continue reading "A Year Living In Grand Central Station: A Photographer’s Pictures From 1978" The post A Year Living In Grand Central Station: A Photographer’s Pictures From 1978 appeared first on Flashbak.

“You know, I am fed up with how photography is often shown in a frame, and so we should invent new ways to show it, and performance is one way of doing that” – French artist Thomas Mailaender, creator of Illustrated People, 2015     Thomas Mailaender needed a favour. Having picked out a number … Continue reading "Illustrated People: Artist Burns Old Photos Onto Human Skin" The post Illustrated People: Artist Burns Old Photos Onto Human Skin appeared first on Flashbak.

In 1963, Norton Juster (June 2, 1929 – March 8, 2021) wrote and illustrated The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics. To give you an idea of the book’s tone, Juster described himself as “a dedicated mathematician whose efforts have been focused primarily on the verification of supermarket register receipts and … Continue reading "The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics by Norton Juster, 1963" The post The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics by Norton Juster, 1963 appeared first on Flashbak.