Found Photo Focus: In Motion Pictures

Beginning in 1851, with the work of  photographer William Henry Fox Talbot and later with Eadweard Muybridge's famous motion studies, innovators have continued to explore and improve high speed photography. Professional and amateur photographers have historically been drawn to catching motion with their cameras. Vintage photographs freezing action, impact, explosion or surprising movement are dramatic and exciting. They can also be mysterious. In the snapshot above, where is that man jumping from and where will he land? See more collectable vintage photographs.

For The Curious: Psychoanalysis Comic Book

Psychoanalysis was published by E.C. Comics (also published MAD Magazine) in 1955. The comic featured three patients, Freddy Carter, Ellen Lyman and Mark Stone who were undergoing psychoanalysis. The analyst was the central character and only referred to as 'The Psychiatrist'. According to the editors, "This magazine is our most difficult and revolutionary creative effort thus far. Through the medium of the comic format, we will attempt to portray, graphically and dramatically, the manner in which people find peace of mind through the science of psychoanalysis." The comic was approved by the Comics Code Authority but newstands did not want to display it and the publication only lasted for a total of four issues.  Right: Psychoanalysis #1 from The Collection of Barbara Levine. See more pages & other curiosities

Exhibitions, Books & Blogs

Magic Moving Pictures: Vintage Stereogram Postcards from the Collection of Barbara Levine

Photography Going to the Dogs: One Hundred Favourite Photographs from The Libby Hall Collection by Libby Hall

The Three Graces (500 snapshots from the Collection of Peter J. Cohen), Art Institute of Chicago

The Unseen Eye: Photographs From The W.M. Hunt Collection, George Eastman House

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