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• Fifty Fabulous Vintage Film Adverts

  
  Once upon a time, when film photography was not some obscure hobby reserved for a bunch of hipsters, everyone did it: pros and amateurs alike, housewives, children and grannies – secret agents even. Take a trip down memory lane with these nostalgic vintage ads.
  April 17, 2013 5 comments 29 likes

• ★ Leica If: the Lomo Leica?

  
  I get my hands on my first-ever Leica & find it mostly intimidating.
  January 30, 2013 12 comments 38 likes

• Beat Generation: The Photographs of Allen Ginsberg

  
  Allen Ginsberg was an American poet and one of the leading figures of the “Beat Generation” alongside Willian S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, and a few others. While he is known for his writing, he also had a knack for taking pictures, as shown by the Grey Art Gallery in New York.
  January 28, 2013 2 comments 9 likes

• Parisian Streets in the 1940s to 1950s Photographed by Robert Doisneau

  
  Whenever street photography and its roots are being mentioned, Henri Cartier-Bresson almost always comes to mind first. However, French photographer Robert Doisneau was also a notable street photographer who co-pioneered photojournalism alongside Cartier-Bresson. Read on and take a look at his mesmerizing photographs of Parisian streets in the 1940s to 1950s after the jump!
  October 26, 2012 4 comments 9 likes

• Robert Frank's The Americans

  
  Robert Frank is famous maybe for a publication he made in the 1950s, called The Americans (1958). He is a very important figure in American photography, and his pictures gave a fresh and skeptical outsider’s view of American society.
  May 31, 2012 3 comments 4 likes

• Frank Oscar Larson's Vintage New York Photographs

  
  Black and white photographs of famous cities are always striking to every film photographer's eyes and heart. Be captivated with Frank Oscar Larson's candid snapshots of vintage New York City. Details after the break...
  February 09, 2012 2 likes

• Arthouse Films Presents: The Cool School

  
  The Cool School or 'How LA Learned to Love Modern Art' is an essential historical film about Los Angeles' art scene. Read the full article for more information.
  January 11, 2012

• Vintage Christmastime in the City

  
  We're already running into the final countdown for Christmas. By now, the streets and cityscapes around the world are already gleaming and glistening with beautiful Christmas lights and decorations. Ever wondered what Christmastime in the city looked like many decades ago? You're in luck, as we have some beautiful vintage photos of holiday scenes for you!
  December 22, 2011 2 likes

• Audrey Hepburn's Hat Fashion

  
  The photos below show Audrey Hepburn wearing some remarkable and glamorous head covering. They were shot by Howell Conant and appeared in the 1950s in Bazaar Magazine.
  September 09, 2011 4 likes

• Viva, Vintage Las Vegas!

  
  You know what they say in the Sin City -- "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas." But these interesting photos seem to say otherwise, showing all the bits and pieces of the world-famous entertainment city in its vintage splendor!
  June 02, 2011 3 comments 5 likes

• Dolly Dare

  
  Dolly Dare - a destination for fashion escapism. DOLLY DARE - DARE TO DREAM; DOLLY DARE - DARE TO BE DIFFERENT; DOLLY DARE - DARE TO BE DESIRED...If you want to try a true London look with the sense of both futurism and vintage, then Dolly Dare is your ultimate destination!
  March 07, 2011 2 comments 6 likes

• Braun Paxette - A Dignified Old Gentleman

  
  Still going strong, this camera from the 1950s works as well as it ever did!
  April 14, 2009 7 comments 12 likes

• 1950s Agfa Clack

  
  The Agfa Clack was introduced in 1954 and built until 1965 by Agfa in Germany. The camera uses 120mm medium format film and creates pictures that are 6 to 9cm wide (so not the usual square pictures but landscape!). You get 8 pictures on one roll of medium format film, and those negs are HUGE!
  October 26, 2008 3 comments 4 likes