Our understanding of the First World War tends to focus on trench warfare, but by looking at the perspectives of British pilots the limitations of an army-centric approach is revealed. Continue reading »
Tag Archives: Photography
Cindy Sherman’s Theatres of Perversity
Maria Walsh on how Cindy Sherman’s ‘Doll’ sculptures of the 1990s reveal a dynamic relationship between art and psychoanalysis. Continue reading »
Marcel Proust: Court on Camera
If you can’t share a photograph of Marcel Proust playing air-guitar with a tennis racket on the opening day of Wimbledon, when can you? Continue reading »
Flying Everest: The Goddess Mother of the World
Circumnavigating the globe in a biplane, Richard Halliburton took the first aerial photograph of Mount Everest. Continue reading »
Posing for Posterity
Royal Indian Portraits, 1840-1932. Continue reading »
Why Remember? Seeing From Above With Hein Gorny
In 1945, two man sought to record the destruction of war-torn Berlin. Continue reading »
In Photos: London’s Deep Level Shelters
Corin Faife. Continue reading »
