Posted inHistory Technology
Four photographs and their “truths”
Photos from the nineteenth century and from 2023 helped my fall seminar students explore truth, the fake, and fiction.
Posted inAutomobiles History Technology
How The American Way traveled by car
Photography from the 1930s shows the interplay of cars, hopes for the future, and The American Way of life.
Posted inHistory Technology
Flimsy film, ethereal pixels. Pictures and us.
An image captured, rectangularly framed. The 35mm frame-of-mind. Cannonballs, OFF and ON. "Seeing machines."