Photographer Steve Birnbaum has been recreating music history by photographing images of musicians and bands in the exact location where they were originally photographed.
The project started in 2010, and since then, he has covered 500 to 600 locations shooting from 100 to 150 days in a year.
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"What I discovered early on as a photographer was, that person who are dressed fashionably tend to be more open to being photographed," explains Jamel Shabazz to us in an interview about these photos. thephoblographer.com »
2022-02-02 20:00
"I wish it had never happened, and I wish I had never captured that moment. ", says photojournalist David Handschuh of the fateful moment when the second airliner flew into the South Tower on 9/11. thephoblographer.com »
2021-09-11 07:00
"I wish it had never happened, and I wish I had never captured that moment. ", says photojournalist David Handschuh of the fateful moment when the second airliner flew into the South Tower on 9/11. thephoblographer.com »
2021-09-11 07:00
For the last years, I have spent every summer traveling across France to discover the diversity of its landscapes and its natural heritage. Usually, summer is synonymous with crowds of vacationers and tourists. petapixel.com »
2021-08-24 17:48
Associated Press (AP) will auction 10 non-fungible tokens (NFT) to celebrate its “iconic photojournalism” over the past 175 years. The NFTs are artistic representations of notable, iconic photographs and will be available on the blockchain for the first time. petapixel.com »
2021-05-28 20:04
In October of 2017, photographer Gabor Nagy took his new drone with him on an adventure to Tuscany, to see if he could capture this instantly-recognizable Italian landscape from a different perspective. petapixel.com »
2020-04-06 23:24
Photography history is full of colorful milestones and unforgettable moments. So, it's not surprising that more and more of today's generation of photographers are interested in the small details. thephoblographer.com »
2019-07-22 19:00
What would iconic space probe photos of celestial bodies in our solar system look like if they had been shot with an ordinary smartphone camera? Astronomer Scott Manley made this 12. 5-minute video that explains the answer, which is: “not much. petapixel.com »
2019-02-15 22:00
My name is Tom White, and I’m a photographer based in the UK. Letter to the Lakes is a project I started last year to photograph the iconic British red post box in the beautiful setting of the Lake District National Park. petapixel.com »
2019-01-22 18:39
The Museum of Modern Art is planning to sell over 400 photos from its impressive collection, including early prints of some of the most famous photos by legendary photographers. The 3-minute video above is a look at a few of the works that you can soon own if you have sufficiently deep pockets. In 1940, […] petapixel.com »
2017-10-09 20:33
Last month saw one of the coolest photo-themed light shows in New York City’s history. In celebration of their 150th anniversary, Harper’s Bazaar projected 150 iconic fashion photos directly onto the Empire State Building… and photographers were there to capture the scene. petapixel.com »
2017-05-02 22:42
The day after photography was invented in 1839, somebody pointed out that the photographs were just shades of gray – there was no color. The photography inventors knew this was a problem and probably hoped that no one would notice.
Every place in the world has a history. To understand it in the present you need some knowledge of its past. The history of the earth can be read from its rocks; the history of life, from the evolutionary histories and relationships of its species. [Read More]
It was, for most of them, the first happy time in their lives, and for some, the last and only. In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as part of his New Deal, penned the Civilian Conservation Corps into existence.
To mark 30 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, we revisited the precise locations of 14 memorable photos taken when half of the city lay behind the Iron Curtain. The Reichstag in 1962, as seen from behind a ragged barbed-wire fence that would become the Berlin Wall. Before the barrier’s construction in 1961, […]
Dutch artist Ard Gelinck has been working on an ongoing “then and now” project in which he uses Photoshop to create portraits of famous people posing with their younger selves. Richard Gere Tina Turner Justin Timberlake Michael Jackson Lady Gaga Ellen DeDeneres Elton John Harrison Ford Paul McCartney Sylvester Stallone Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Clint […]
Want to see how the city of San Francisco has transformed over the past century? Here’s a neat set of then-and-now photos showing old shots of The City by the Bay next to modern pictures shot in the same locations.