Page 2 of The Minerals of New York City, a review of the history of mining and mineral collecting in the five boroughs of New York City including all five boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island within the New York Counties of Richmond County, Queens County, County, Bronx County and New York County
The following is a guest post by Dr Emily Marshall, who specializes in Postcolonial and migrant literatures and cultures at Leeds Beckett University in the UK. In April I visited the incredible folklore archives at the American Folklife Center in Washington, D.C., supported by Leeds Beckett University Early Career Researcher funding. The Center is housed …
D-Day Photos
Rusholme Ruffians
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DERELICT METEOR
The stuff that washes up on shore
In the 1970s, Michał Cała began shooting the ironworks, slagheaps, power stations and coal mines of southern Poland, and the workers who lived among them in soot-blackened housing. The astonishing results won him awards – and a spell in jail
The stuff that washes up on shore
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Sustainable fibre artist and workshop teacher
In 2013, photographer Rebecca Litchfield was commissioned by Carpet Bombing Culture to photograph the abandoned buildings and areas of the former Soviet Union and its satellite states. Litch…
A photographer captures the city’s beautiful launderettes
UNSEEN FORCES: Chris Ryniak , Amanda Spayd • Chris Ryniak • Amanda Spayd [MESSAGE UPDATE: 9/4/14] Hello everyone! We are currently experiencing a high demand for the work from the upcoming “Unseen Forces” show by Chris Ryniak and Amanda Louise Spayd. The fan and collector response has been absolutely amazing and we can’t thank you
Abandoned Playground, Heart Butte, Blackfeet Reservation, Montana
WOLF VOSTELL