Sunday 31 May 2009
The Art of Penguin Science Fiction
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Saturday 30 May 2009
Wednesday 27 May 2009
Tuesday 26 May 2009
call her green and the winters cannot fade her
Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell rests in a meadow with a mountain dulcimer at her Laurel Canyon home. Mitchell remains one of the most acclaimed songwriters and performers of rock music since the sixties. Her songs were covered by other artists including Bob Dylan and her albums remained best sellers.
blue is one of my favorite albums of all time.
Monday 25 May 2009
Thursday 21 May 2009
Wednesday 20 May 2009
Sunday 17 May 2009
Saturday 16 May 2009
Friday 15 May 2009
Tuesday 12 May 2009
Sunday 10 May 2009
Saturday 9 May 2009
Friday 8 May 2009
Thursday 7 May 2009
Life Among the Surrealists cover by Ben Feder
A Ben Feder dust jacket design.
Life Among the Surrealists by Matthew Josephson.
Holt, Rinehard, Winston,
Sunday 3 May 2009
Saturday 2 May 2009
Univex Iris Deluxe
Yet another attractive camera from Universal, the Univex Iris Deluxe (c1938) is a fancy version of the Iris Standard. It's a fairly heavy camera, cast from a zinc-based alloy with a chromium finish, and covered in black leatherette. It produces 1⅛" x 1½" exposures on Univex #00 rollfilm, and has a 50mm lens in a telescoping mount. This particular camera is the fixed-focus version, though the vast majority of examples have a focusing lens.
According to Cynthia Repinski, author of The Univex Story, the fixed-focus Iris Deluxe was only on the market for one or two months, making it "very scarce and difficult for the collector to obtain".
