These are fantastic. Especially the crisp definition and depth of field on most of them. posted by ...possums at 3:12 PM on August 30, 2008
I watched the show the other night and was just so startled to see people in Japan and China in traditional dress, and a short film of the huge wall that used to surround Beijing.
Outstanding. posted by darkstar at 3:49 PM on August 30, 2008
These are fantastic. I love the photography especially. While technology changes, the things that make photographs great and timeless remain the same.
Definitely worth 2 brilliants. Thanks for posting. posted by Eekacat at 3:53 PM on August 30, 2008
According to the flickr page for the "mongolian prisoner in a box" photo:
"Ulan Bator, 1913
As a nomadic culture, the Mongolians of the steppes needed to find ways of punishing those who transgressed their laws without compromising their mobility. This woman is thought to have committed adultery." posted by aninom at 3:56 PM on August 30, 2008
The photography is amazing. It's quite jarring to see images that look so modern, when we're so accustomed to the past existing as kind of a grainy, juddery black and white.
There's a clear and obvious error in the Telegraph link though - that isn't the river Cherwell in Oxford; it's the Thames, just south of Folly Bridge, with Christchurch meadow opposite. posted by Flashman at 4:24 PM on August 30, 2008
"One of the most disturbing images is this poor woman in a box. It was quite a common punishment at the time in Mongolia. People would be put into a box and left. They would be dependent on others to be fed. You can see that she can't quite the bowl that's placed nearby. She's seeming to be desperately trying to fiddle with the locks, but clearly there's no chance of her being able to get out. Now Pathe has remarked that this is a punishment for a woman who had committed adultery, but that seems rather peculiar. The Mongols weren't particularly prudish, so I think it's more likely she was in the box for something else."
Criss Angel she ain't. But the box pic is awesome. posted by Xoebe at 5:56 PM on August 30, 2008
Sorry, that should be Passet. posted by chuckdarwin at 6:12 PM on August 30, 2008
Those 400 pixel pictures on the Telegraph article aren't very compelling, the AlbertKhan.com pics are no better, and with YouTube we get 320 pixels. Isn't there a better gallery of this work somewhere? I feel like my eyes are going bad trying to squint at these pics. posted by crapmatic at 7:44 PM on August 30, 2008
The photography is amazing. It's quite jarring to see images that look so modern, when we're so accustomed to the past existing as kind of a grainy, juddery black and white.
I had to keeping checking the dates because it somehow seemed wrong for there to be color (as opposed to colored) pictures of that vintage. Nice post. posted by MikeMc at 8:58 PM on August 30, 2008
here is the link to the woman in the box, for anyone else like me who wants to see what everyone is talking about without clicking around forever... posted by drjimmy11 at 9:14 PM on August 30, 2008
Kahn, not Khan
btw the FPP rocks so thank you!! posted by infini at 9:55 PM on August 30, 2008
Best FPP of the month.
I wish there was access to the entire archive, though... posted by vertigo25 at 12:06 PM on August 31, 2008
Me, too vertigo25.
Thanks, infini: fixed.
Thanks as well to j or v or both. posted by chuckdarwin at 12:42 AM on September 1, 2008
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