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Omdat we hier toch waren voor de bananentrein,konden we ook div. opname maken van DBC 6464 die hier verschillende klusjes mag doen. Normaal gesproken zie 's zondags de Nosta-shuttle met 'n saaie zwarte 189er,maar nu kon we deze shuttle eens fotograferen met DBC 6464 en ook nog eens de containers achter de loc.Hier heeft hij hem v/h emplacement gehaald en zal hij hem later geduwd achter de loodsen van Verbrugge rijden.
Zo en dat hebben we ook weer.
Het was hier heerlijk toeven,maar het waait hier altijd.
Railway enthusiasts talk tech at the railway museum in Bochum-Dahlhausen.
Rainwater has given the locomotives a shiny surface.
From left to right:
DR series 44
Numbering: 044 377 (ex 44 1377 ÜK)
Manufacturer: Krupp
Year of construction: 1942
Retirement: 1977
"The locomotives of the series 44 of the Deutsche Reichsbahn were heavy, five-coupled goods train standard steam locomotives of the class G 56.20 with triple engine. They were intended for the transport of goods trains up to 1,200 tons on low mountain ranges and 600 tons over steep ramps. [...]"
(Translated from German Wikipedia entry)
DB series V 200.0
Numbering: V 200 017
Manufacturer: MaK - Maschinenbau Kiel
Year of construction: 1957
Retirement: 1983
"The class V 200.0 [...] was one of the first diesel mainline locomotives of the Deutsche Bundesbahn (DB). Its striking appearance corresponded to the typical industrial design of the 1950s. [... ]
The V 200 transported high-quality express trains on all important main routes. Due to the progressing electrification, however, the machines were pushed out of these services and increasingly used in front of local trains and freight trains. [...]"
(Translated from German Wikipedia entry)
Hibernia 41-E (Henschel "Bochum type")
Numbering: Hibernia 41-E
Manufacturer: Henschel
Year of construction: 1942
Retirement: 1972
"The Hibernia 41-E and 42-E were steam locomotives from Hibernia AG. While the locomotive 42-E was scrapped, the 41-E is preserved in the inventory of the Bochum-Dahlhausen Railway Museum. It stood in 1988 and from 2000 to 2015 as a Monument and eye-catcher in front of the Starlight Express Theatre in Bochum. [...]"
(Translated from German Wikipedia entry)
Orden: Coraciformes
Familia:Todidae
Nombre comun: Chi cui, Perla
Nombre cientifico: Todus angustirostris
Nombre inglés:Narrow- billed Tody
Status: Endemico de la Hispaniola
Lugar de captura: Sierra encantada de Bahoruco.
Por: Cimarron mayor Panta
PERLA ENAMORADA!!
LA SECRETARIA DE LAS MIL EXPRESIONES TIENE LAS HORMONAS PRIMAVERALES REVOLTEADAS!! ESTA QUE SE QUITA LAS PANTALETAS ROSADAS DE VICTORIA SECRETS Y LAS DEJA COLGANDO EN CUALQUIER RAMITA JAJAJAJAJA.
Deutz-loc V11 vertrekt met twee rolwagens beladen met normaalspoor goederenwagens van het museumstation Schierwaldenrath in de richting van Birgden. De V11 heeft een bijzondere historie, de loc werd in 1955 gebouwd en deed een tijd dienst bij de Geilenkircher Kleinbahn (GKB). Nadat het vevroer op lokaalspoorlijnen in elkaar stortte werden de V10 en V11 verkocht aan Togo (Afrika), hier waren ze slechts korte tijd actief. Na jaren van stilstand en roest werd de Deutz in 2001 teruggehaald naar de Selfkant. Na een grondige revisie ziet de loc er weer prachtig uit en kan nog vele jaren mee. Voor het broertje van de V11, de V10, is het slechter afgelopen, deze werd als golfbreker in zee gedumpt. 14-8-2022.
Bij Pagrüeg steekt loc 623 met trein 5329 op de 53 meter lange Reutlandtobelbrücke het gelijknamige ravijn over. De spoorlijn past toch iets beter in het landschap dan de betonnen bak van de N28 boven de trein...
Deze goederentrein reed voorheen als 5129 over de Albulalijn, maar in dit jaar als 5329 door het Prättigau en de Vereinatunnel.
Bain News Service,, publisher.
Gladys Cooper
[between ca. 1920 and ca. 1925]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see George Grantham Bain Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/274_bain.html
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Bain News Service photograph collection (DLC) 2005682517
General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.35417
Call Number: LC-B2- 5913-8
SGB Loc 1 ''Wittouck'' in het ochtendzonnetje voor het grote transport naar station Hoedekenskerke per dieplader over de weg.
Frissell, Toni,, 1907-1988,, photographer.
[No Title]
[between ca. 1940-1970]
1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format)
Notes:
Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation.
Title, date, and keywords based on information that came with or on collection items.
Title devised by staff.
Information on item: [star].
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/res.070.fris
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Toni Frissell photograph collection (DLC) 2009632520
General information about the Toni Frissell photograph collection is available at: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/coll.090
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/tofr.45401
Call Number: LC-F905-45401 [item]
Frissell, Toni,, 1907-1988,, photographer.
Abreu
July, 1966.
1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm.
Notes:
Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation.
Title, date, and keywords based on information that came with or on collection items.
FRISSELL - Job 1966-10 contains B&W and color.
Client: Vogue.
Container Notes: Misc. size color transparancies; Abreu, Didi - alone, Buterfly nets, Didi & children with butterfly nets, Zermatt, 7/66, Butterfly nets series.
Information on item: X, F, B, [star].
Subjects:
Switzerland--Zermatt.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/res.070.fris
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Toni Frissell photograph collection (DLC) 2009632520
General information about the Toni Frissell photograph collection is available at: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/coll.090
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/tofr.49835
Call Number: LC-F905-49835 [item]
SK: Niekoľko mesiacov späť bolo v rakúskom Gramatneusiedl otvorené servisné stredisko elektrických rušňov pod názvom Locmasta (Locomotive maintenance station) ako spoločný podnik spoločností LTE, OBB a ELL. Pri tejto príležitosti obdržal Vectron 193.299 patriaci poolu ELL, ktorý slúži v skupine LTE reklamný polep na túto údržbovú základňu. Dňa 23. 7. 2022 sa rušeň objavil v čele pravideľného zmiešaného vlaku zo stanice Bratislava východ do belgického Antewerpen Nord. V posledných slnečných lúčoch som ho zachytil za zastávkou Parndorf Ort.
EN: A few months back, a service center for electric locomotives under the name Locmasta (Locomotive maintenance station) was opened in Gramatneusiedl, Austria, as a joint venture of LTE, OBB and ELL. On this occasion, Vectron 193.299 belonging to the ELL pool, which serves in the LTE group, received an advertising sticker for this maintenance base. On 7/23/2022, the locomotive appeared at the head of a regular mixed train from the station Bratislava východ to the Belgian Antwerpen Nord. I caught him in the last rays of the sun behind the Parndorf Ort stop.
Untaxed since 1 January 1978!! This is obviously a well-documented car, being in the British Motor Museum that I really enjoyed visiting in September 2020, and I'd previously seen the museum in 2003 or thereabouts but it is so much better now. Many more from this museum visit to follow. Uploading this photo has made me wonder about the Edinburgh Wolseley Princess, I haven't been along that way to check on it for a few years now.
American Stereoscopic Company,, publisher.
The "General Grant," the largest tree in the world. Gen'l Grant Nat. Park, Fresno, California.
New York : American Stereoscopic Company, manufacturers and publishers, c1902 Jan. 8.
1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 9 x 18 cm (stereograph format)
Notes:
Title from item.
Subjects:
Trees--California--Kings Canyon National Park--1900-1910.
Kings Canyon National Park (Calif.)--1900-1910.
Format: Stereographs--1900-1910.
Photographic prints--1900-1910.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/stereo.1s10296
Call Number: STEREO U.S. GEOG FILE - California -- Fresno [item]
Bain News Service,, publisher.
Myers
[between ca. 1920 and ca. 1925]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see George Grantham Bain Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/274_bain.html
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Bain News Service photograph collection (DLC) 2005682517
General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.35486
Call Number: LC-B2- 5922-5
Frissell, Toni,, 1907-1988,, photographer.
Bermuda Rejects
August 1956.
1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format)
Notes:
Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation.
Title, date, and keywords based on information that came with or on collection items.
FRISSELL - Job 1956-20 contains B&W and color.
Image shows snorkeling in the shallows at Flatts.
Sports Illustrated Job Number: x4125.
Sports Illustrated Assignment Information: Bermuda Children.
Container Notes: 7.
Additional information on note: S.B. [check mark].
Subjects:
Bermuda Islands.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For information see "Toni Frissell Collection," hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/res.070.fris
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Toni Frissell photograph collection (DLC) 2009632520
General information about the Toni Frissell photograph collection is available at: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/coll.090
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/tofr.07822
Call Number: LC-F905-07822 [item]
Bain News Service,, publisher.
Soyeda, Kamiya
1913 June 22.
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Photo shows Dr. Juichi Soyeda, of the Associated Chambers of Commerce of Japan and the Japanese American Society of Tokyo, and Tadao Kamiya, chief secretary of the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce, on a visit to the United States where they were lobbying against proposed anti-Japanese legislation in California. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009 and New York Times, June 26 and July 2, 1913)
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.13616
Call Number: LC-B2- 2763-11
A photographer catches his own reflection, multiplying the appreciation all around!
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Irish, G. S. (George S.), photographer
Globe reflection, Fort William Henry Hotel, Lake George / G. S. Irish, photographer, Glen's Falls, N.Y.
[187-]
1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph, albumen.
Summary:
Stereograph shows self-portrait of photographer with camera on tripod, hotel, and lake reflected in a shiny globe.
Notes:
• Title from item.
• Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2011; (DLC/PP-2011:123).
• General information about the Stereograph Cards Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.stereo
Subjects:
• Irish, G. S.--(George S.)--New York (State)--Lake George.
• Fort William Henry Hotel (Lake George, N.Y.)--1870-1880.
• Hotels--New York (State)--Lake George--1870-1880.
• Photographers--New York (State)--Lake George--1870-1880.
• Reflections--1870-1880.
Format:
• Albumen prints--1870-1880.
• Self-portraits--1870-1880.
• Stereographs--1870-1880.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/stereo.1s02976
Call Number: STEREO SUBJ FILE - Photographers
Frissell, Toni,, 1907-1988,, photographer.
Waterfowl Hunting
November 20, 1958.
1 photograph : color transparency ; 35 mm (slide format)
Notes:
Please use digital image: original slide is kept in cold storage for preservation.
Title, date, and keywords based on information that came with or on collection items.
FRISSELL - Job 1958-22 contains B&W and color.
Client: Sports Illustrated.
Sports Illustrated Job Number: x5550.
Sports Illustrated Assignment Information: Shooting: 1959 San Francisco Waterfowl Hunting, also Upland Game Birds in Nevada.
Container Notes: San Fran. Waterfowl Hunting, [check], Extras, X5550, Take 2, File, Extra; #15, [check], Extra.
Information on item: 12.
Location: San Francisco, California and Nevada.
Subjects:
United States--California--San Francisco.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For information see "Toni Frissell Collection," hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/res.070.fris
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Toni Frissell photograph collection (DLC) 2009632520
General information about the Toni Frissell photograph collection is available at: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/coll.090
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/tofr.11062
Call Number: LC-F905-11062 [item]
Copyright © 2017 Simeoni Stefano . All rights reserved. Please, do not use my photos without my written permission
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I describe this photographic series (with some “poetic license” on the theme of “beach photography”) by quoting an introduction I wrote some time ago, for a photographic series of mine having the same theme today. I would like to focus on two photos from the current series, on how, from a particular situation, in this case photographic, others can arise, I would like to share this with those who are not too bored reading this story: I photographed a young girl while she was reading a book, she was sitting inside one of the many lava formations present along the shore of Naxos (near Taormina), dug with a perfectly rounded shape (this suggests that their origin is man-made, I will not dwell on the hypothesis that attempts to explain these ancient formations), the little water collected inside these "pools" certainly gave a little refreshment to the unaware "reader", once at home, curiosity pushed me to investigate what she was reading, the high resolution of the photos allowed me to easily read the two pages of the book she was holding in her hand, and it was a kind of revelation, some paragraphs of the book, and I was more and more intrigued, about what the book was and its Author, a A quick Google search, and I found what I was looking for. The book is titled "Something Wonderful Always Happens." Its author is Gianluca Gotto. I didn't know him, but I was able to watch and listen to him on YouTube. I found it extremely interesting. I've already ordered the book on Amazon. I'll just quote a short excerpt from the page the reader was reading. It's brief, as I don't want to infringe on any copyright: "(...) do you know what the three poisons of man are according to Buddhism?" I shook my head. "Greed, or the desire to always have more when each of us already has everything we need; ignorance, or the lack of awareness: believing that life is different from what it is here and now; and finally, anger, a condition contrary to any form of happiness."
Beach holidays were born in the 1700s in Great Britain, this social phenomenon was born in which bathers for the first time go to the beaches, certainly not as sunny as those bathed by the Mediterranean Sea, they are fully dressed; this "new fashion" is also encouraged by the belief of English doctors since the beginning of the eighteenth century (starting around 1720), that breathing the brackish sea air and bathing in cold sea water is healthy, invigorates the body and cure lung diseases (conviction even more strengthened by the discovery of oxygen by Antoine Lavoisier in 1778, which led to the greater diffusion and conviction of the theories on the health benefits of sea air, which was thought to be more oxygenated and pure), these theories push many people from Northern Europe suffering from severe lung diseases to spend long periods in southern Europe, often in the south of Italy, this explains why characters with extraordinary qualities come to Taormina to cure their tuberculosis. The photographer baron Wilhelm von Gloeden and the English lady Florence Trevelyan Trevelyan had the seawater brought with their mules from Isola Bella, but while W. Von Gloeden heated the sea water, the English noblewoman Lady Trevelian did not heat it, mindful of the teachings of the English medical school, this will cause her death from bronchopneumonia on 4 October 1907 (see my previous "photographic stories" about Taormina). In fact, "thalassotherapy" was born in Great Britain, together with the social and cultural phenomenon of frequenting bathing beaches (before the beginning of the 18th century, the sea and its beaches were lived, except for reasons of trade and fishing, in a dark and negative way, from the sea often came very serious dangers such as the sudden landings of ferocious pirates, or foreigners carrying very serious diseases could land). Thus the fashion of spending holidays by the sea was born in the English aristocracy and high bourgeoisie of the time, subsequently the habit of going to the sea spread to all levels of society, the railways that were built throughout Great Britain to 'beginning of the nineteenth century, made travel to the ocean accessible even to the lower classes, they too will frequent the seaside resorts, Blackpool becomes the first seaside resort in Great Britain completely frequented by the working classes thanks to the presence of low-cost bathing establishments; the great and definitive boom in seaside tourism will then take place in the 1950s and 1960s. This being the case, it should not be surprising to know that in Great Britain the beaches are more frequented than one might instinctively think due to a climate very different from the Mediterranean one, and that this socio-cultural phenomenon has been investigated at the photographic by photographers of the same Great Britain, of these I mention four names. An important photographer, who probably inspired subsequent photographers, was Tony Ray-Jones, who died prematurely in 1972, at the young age of 30, who was trying to create a “photographic memory” of the stereotypes of the English people; the famous photojournalist Martin Parr, who, although inspired by the previous one, differs from it for his way of doing “social satire” with his goal; finally, I would like to mention David Hurn and Simon Roberts, the latter with wider-ranging photographs, with photographs more detached from the individual. In Italy there are numerous photographers (I will mention only a few) who have made in their long career images captured in seaside resorts (generally we speaking of "beach photography" similar to "street photography"), photographs that are often unique in their style, such as that adopted by Franco Fontana, I mention Mimmo Jodice, Ferdinando Scianna (of whom I am honored to have known him personally), and Massimo Vitali, famous photographer (understood by some as "the photographer of the beaches"), especially for his beautiful photographs taken on the beaches (but not only), thanks to the presence of elevated fixed structures as a kind of mezzanine, built specifically in the bathing beaches for the realization of his photographs. This is my introduction to talk about the theme proposed here, that of “beach photography” (with some exceptions for “narrative” reasons), with a series of photographs taken on the beaches surrounding Taormina (Sicily). ……………………………………………………………
Descrivo questa serie fotografica (con qualche “licenza poetica” sul tema della “beach photography”) riportando una mia introduzione scritta po’ di tempo fa, per una mia serie fotografica avente lo stesso tema odierno. Desidero soffermarmi su due foto dell’attuale serie, di come, da una particolare situazione, in questo caso fotografica, ne possano scaturire altre, desidero condividere ciò con chi non si annoi troppo nel leggere questo racconto: ho fotografato a sua insaputa una giovane ragazza mentre leggeva un libro, era seduta all’interno di una delle tante formazioni laviche presenti lungo il bagnasciuga di Naxos (vicino Taormina), scavate con forma perfettamente rotondeggiante (questo fa pensare che la loro origine sia manufatta, non mi dilungo sulla ipotesi che tenta di spiegare queste antiche formazioni), la poca acqua raccolta all’interno di queste “vasche” davano certamente un po’ di refrigerio alla inconsapevole “lettrice” , una volta a casa, la curiosità mi ha spinto ad indagare su cosa stesse leggendo, l’elevata risoluzione delle foto mi ha consentito di leggere con facilità le due pagine del libro da lei tenuto in mano, ed è stata una specie di rivelazione, qualche trafiletto del libro, ed ero sempre più incuriosito, su quale fosse il libro ed il suo Autore, una breve ricerca su Google, ed ho trovato quanto cercavo, il libro si intitola “Succede sempre qualcosa di meraviglioso”, il suo Autore è Gianluca Gotto, non lo conoscevo, su You Tube ho potuto vederlo ed ascoltarlo, l’ho trovato estremamente interessante, il libro l’ho già ordinato su Amazon; riporterò qui solo un breve trafiletto preso dalla pagina che stava leggendo la lettrice, breve, non vorrei incorrere in qualche violazione sui diritti d’Autore: “ (…) sai quali sono i tre veleni dell’uomo secondo il Buddhismo ?” Scossi la testa. “La cupidigia, ovvero il desiderio di avere sempre di più quando ognuno di noi ha già tutto ciò che gli serve; l’ignoranza, ovvero la mancanza di consapevolezza: credere che la vita sia diversa da ciò che è qui e ora; infine la rabbia, una condizione contraria a ogni forma di felicità.”
Le vacanze al mare nascono nel ‘700 in Gran Bretagna, nasce questo fenomeno sociale nel quale i bagnanti per la prima volta si recano sulle spiagge, non certo assolate come quelle bagnate dal mar Mediterraneo, sono completamente vestiti; questa “nuova moda” è anche incoraggiata dalla convinzione dei medici inglesi fin dall’inizio del ‘700 (a partire dal 1720 circa), che respirare l’aria salmastra del mare e fare il bagno nell’acqua marina fredda sia salutare, rinvigorisca il corpo e curi le malattie polmonari (convinzione ancor più rafforzata dalla scoperta dell’ossigeno da parte di Antoine Lavoisier nel 1778, che portò alla maggiore diffusione e convinzione delle teorie sui benefici per la salute dell’aria di mare, che si pensava essere più ossigenata e pura), queste teorie spingono molte persone del Nord Europa affette da gravi malattie polmonari a trascorrere dei lunghi periodi nel sud Europa, spesso nel meridione d’Italia, questo spiega perché a Taormina giungono personaggi dalle qualità straordinarie per curare il proprio “mal sottile”, il barone fotografo Wilhelm von Gloeden e la lady inglese Florence Trevelyan Trevelyan si facevano portare coi muli l’acqua di mare proveniente dall’Isola Bella, però mentre W. Von Gloeden riscaldava l’acqua marina, la nobildonna inglese lady Trevelian non la riscaldava, memore degli insegnamenti della scuola medica inglese, questo causerà la sua morte per broncopolmonite il 4 ottobre del 1907 (vedi i miei precedenti “racconti fotografici” su Taormina). Infatti la “talassoterapia” nasce in Gran Bretagna, insieme al fenomeno sociale e culturale della frequentazione dei lidi balneari (prima dell’inizio del ‘700, il mare e le sue spiagge erano vissuti, tranne che per motivi di commercio e di pesca, in maniera oscura e negativa, dal mare spesso provenivano gravissimi pericoli come gli sbarchi improvvisi di feroci pirati, oppure potevano sbarcare stranieri portatori di gravissime malattie). Nell’aristocrazia e nell’alta borghesia inglese di allora nasce così la moda di trascorrere le vacanze al mare, successivamente l’abitudine di andare al mare si diffonde a tutti i livelli della società, le ferrovie che furono costruite in tutta la Gran Bretagna all’inizio dell’Ottocento, resero i viaggi verso l’oceano accessibili anche per i ceti più bassi, quelli più popolari e meno agiati, anch’essi frequenteranno le località balneari, Blackpool diviene la prima località balneare della Gran Bretagna completamente frequentata dalle classi popolari grazie alla presenza di stabilimenti balneari a basso costo; il grande e definitivo boom del turismo balneare si avrà poi negli anni ’50 e ’60. Stando così le cose, non ci si deve meravigliare nel sapere che in Gran Bretagna le spiagge sono più frequentate di quanto istintivamente si possa pensare a causa di un clima ben diverso da quello Mediterraneo, e che questo fenomeno socio-culturale sia stato indagato a livello fotografico da parte di fotografi della stessa Gran Bretagna, di questi cito quattro nomi. Un importante fotografo, che probabilmente ispirò i successivi fotografi, fu Tony Ray-Jones, scomparso prematuramente nel 1972, alla giovane età di 30 anni, il quale cercava di realizzare una “memoria fotografica” degli stereotipi del popolo inglese; il famoso fotoreporter Martin Parr, il quale pur ispirandosi al precedente, se ne differenzia per il suo modo di fare “satira sociale” col suo obiettivo; infine desidero menzionare David Hurn e Simon Roberts, quest’ultimo con fotografie di più ampio respiro, con fotografie più distaccate dal singolo individuo. In Italia numerosi sono i fotografi (ne cito solo qualcuno) che hanno realizzato nella loro lunga carriera immagini colte in località balneari (genericamente si parla di “beach photography” affine alla “street photography”), fotografie spesso uniche nel loro stile, come quello adottato da Franco Fontana, menziono Mimmo Jodice, Ferdinando Scianna (del quale mi onoro di averlo conosciuto personalmente), e Massimo Vitali, famoso fotografo (da alcuni inteso come “il fotografo delle spiagge”), soprattutto per le sue bellissime fotografie realizzate sui lidi (ma non solo), grazie alla presenza di strutture fisse sopraelevate a mò di soppalco, costruite appositamente nei lidi balneari per la realizzazione delle sue fotografie. Questo mio incipit, per introdurre il tema da me affrontato, quello della “beach photography” (con qualche eccezione per motivi ”narrativi”), con una serie di fotografie realizzate sulle spiagge circostanti Taormina (Sicilia).
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Muybridge, Eadweard,, 1830-1904,, photographer.
Animal locomotion
c1887 Jun 13.
1 photomechanical print : collotype.
Notes:
Twenty-four consecutive images of a cat running.
From: Animal locomotion / Eadweard Muybridge. Philadelphia : Photogravure Company of New York, 1887, pl. 720.
Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, 2001-2003.
Subjects:
Cats--1880-1890.
Animal locomotion--1880-1890.
Format: Book illustrations--1880-1890.
Collotypes--1880-1890.
Motion study photographs--1880-1890.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3c21044
Call Number: LOT 3309, plate 720
Palmer, Alfred T.,, photographer.
Smoke stacks
1942
1 transparency : color.
Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945
Smokestacks
Industrial facilities
Format: Transparencies--Color
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 12002-28 (DLC) 93845501
General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a35070
Call Number: LC-USW36-374
Bain News Service,, publisher.
Emil Siebern
[between ca. 1920 and ca. 1925]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see George Grantham Bain Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/274_bain.html
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Part Of: Bain News Service photograph collection (DLC) 2005682517
General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.34440
Call Number: LC-B2- 5765-10