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WALK

louche mustachio — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 19:39:43 -0800

WALK .. is a trippy 1983 journey from one part of Minneapolis to another. It begins with a guy who can hardly move. He slowly gains stuttered motion and utters basic letter sounds, then begins a real and imaginary walk. His journey is from his view - floating. At the end of this walk, he meets a friend. Walk's film surface is hand worked and street noise is composed as music-concrete. 16mm B/W SLYT

The Largest Collection of Classic Films Online

crunchland — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:26:56 -0800

Cinevault has over 1000 full length streamable movies, most from the golden age of Hollywood.

Color films can simply be illuminated. Black and white films have to be lighted.

schmod — Tue, 24 May 2011 10:00:59 -0800

For the past year, director Stephen Soderbergh has been recording and sharing a list of the books that he has read, and films that he has watched. The writers at Flavorwire noted Soderbergh's decision to watch Raiders of the Lost Ark in black & white three times, and have compiled a list of color films that work better in monochrome. More reading: Why I Love Black & White by Roger Ebert (1989) _{[via kottke]}

The Julie Project

dobbs — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:33:13 -0800

"For the last 18 years I have photographed Julie Baird’s complex story of multiple homes, AIDS, drug abuse, abusive relationships, poverty, births, deaths, loss and reunion. Following Julie from the backstreets of San Francisco to the backwoods of Alaska."

My kid could Photoshop that. Wait, what?

condour75 — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 09:13:29 -0800

Desaturated Santa. Brody Qat uses a gray santa suit, contact lenses, and makeup to stand out in a crowd of Santas (previously). She explains here. More pics. Via Neatorama.

What Cannot Be Seen

chunking express — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 18:16:35 -0800

What Cannot Be Seen. "This is an ongoing postal photography project. I mail matchbox pinhole cameras loaded with photographic paper to participants, inviting them to photograph 'what cannot be seen'. The cameras are then returned to me to be processed, accompanied by an explanation of what the participant has photographed." [on flickr]

The USS Gen. H.F. Hodges In Photos

The Whelk — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:18:19 -0800

From 1945 to 1946, Leonard Rudoff served as Apprentice Seaman, 3rd Class on the troop transport USS Gen. H.F Hodge as it made its way to India, Egypt, NYC, and San Francisco. And he took photos along the way..[via mefi projects] Check out the "Best of" gallery (It has a puppy!) or meet the sailors, the places they went, the ship, or the photographer himself.

Black and White WTF

grumblebee — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:08:44 -0800

A blog of strange (found) B&W photography

George S. Zimbel

chunking express — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 07:52:52 -0800

George S. Zimbel is a documentary photographer. His website features a lot his work, which goes all the way back to the 1940s. There is a lot of great stuff to look through. His blog is also an interesting read.

The Youngest Parents

chunking express — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 09:00:53 -0800

The Youngest Parents by Jocelyn Lee. The set of photographs that comprise The Youngest Parents is safe for work. Some other parts of the site contain some nakedness.

___ Days Without an Accident

Smart Dalek — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:46:53 -0800

Hochbetrieb [Nuts & Bolts] is a 2003 short from Germany that utilizes live actors and computer-generated effects in tribute to influences ranging from silent comedies to Charles Ebbetts' images of construction crews atop the GE Building, along with a cat & mouse cartoon from MGM guest-starring a baby and a Warner Brothers piece about an amphibian.

While I lay dreaming of you...

KokuRyu — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:36:08 -0800

The Earth Dies Screaming [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3] [Part 4] [Part 5] [Part 6] [Part 7] (IMDB listing) As the film opens, people all over Britain are mysteriously collapsing, apparently dead: Trains careen off their rails; cars crash into walls; commuters drop to the ground where they stand. One blogger's opinion... Directed by Terence Fisher Score by Elisabeth Lutyens UB40 Tom Waits/28 Weeks Later mashup

A quarter century in black and white.

dobbs — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:43:24 -0800

Joseph Szabo has been photographing his teenage students for the past twenty-five years, and has perfectly captured the ambivalence of that time of life. Samples from his books: Almost Grown, Jones Beach, Teenage, and Rolling Stones Fans.

All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl.

miss lynnster — Mon, 26 May 2008 13:36:12 -0800

Charlie Chaplin Filter. That first link features 60 of his short films. Here's more: A Dog's Life (1918, 35 minutes) The Kid (1921, 67 minutes) A Woman of Paris (1923, 84 minutes) The Gold Rush (1925, 71 minutes) The Great Dictator (1940, 125 minutes) Monsieur Verdoux (1947, 133 minutes) City Lights (1931, 87 minutes) His final directorial effort was A Countess From Hong Kong (1967, 120 minutes), in which he had a cameo. Chaplin accepting his honorary Oscar on April 10, 1972, as part of his first visit to the United States in 20 years.

A Day in the Death of...

snsranch — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:56:16 -0800

A Day in the Death of Donny B is a 1969 short film/docudrama following the life of a junky.

There ain't no sin and there ain't no virtue. There is just stuff people do.

miss lynnster — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:08:19 -0800

John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath Steinbeck won the Pulitzer Prize for The Grapes of Wrath on May 6, 1940. The "Wrath" link is the Henry Fonda film in its entirety.

Marvelous NYC photographs by Irwin Klein

CunningLinguist — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 08:20:58 -0800

Photographs of Manhattan 1964-1969 By Irwin Klein. Immigrants, storefronts, gangs, mafiosi, street scenes. More Klein here. My fave. First link via

The Singular Image

ColdChef — Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:08:35 -0800

The Singular Image recognizes outstanding individual photographs in color and black and white. Center, formerly known as the Santa Fe Center for Photography, was founded in 1994. Center is a nonprofit organization that honors, supports and provides opportunity for gifted and committed photographers. Our programs bring exposure to worthy photographic projects and series, and create fellowship among photographers and influential members of the photographic community. (some images NSFW)