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Near the end of the summer, I was asked by the publishers of Popular Science magazine to produce a visualization piece that explored the archive of their publication. PopSci has a history that spans almost 140 years, so I knew there would be plenty of material to draw from. Working with Mark Hansen, I ended up making a graphic that showed how different technical and cultural terms have come in and out of use in the magazine since it's inception.
Read more here: blog.blprnt.com/blog/blprnt/138-years-of-popular-science
Ben Ames Williams - The Silver Forest
Popular Library 215, 1949
Cover Artist: Rudolph Belarski
"He wanted her at any cost."
1955; Blondes are my Trouble by Martin Brett, (Pseudonym of Douglas Sanderson). Cover art by Owen Kampen.
Youth find the Rijksmuseum one of the ten most popular attractions in the Netherlands. The Anne Frank House ranks lower than the top 10. This is the conclusion of a brand study conducted by, amongst others, the University of Amsterdam (UvA). The research has been around since 2010 and was also conducted among youth between 4 and 18 years old in 2017 for the first time. 800 boys and girls were asked which outings they know at all. Of these outings, it was then checked what the young people think.
The Rijksmuseum is in 10th place on the list. This while the museum was still in 25th place in 2017. The Rijksmuseum is the most popular museum for youth from the age of 9. And the interest among this group has increased enormously in two years. It is clear that all the attention that the museum gives to it education policy is bearing fruit.
But now back to the somewhat rhetorical question: who has fun under observance of who?
Is it me, watched or caught by the teacher of the Rijks? Or the teacher, radiating to me how much fun see has with teaching these children? Or perhaps the persons in the artwork onlooking this primary school class creating works of art themselves.
You tell me…
Technical stuff
This single shot is part of a small burst on the old motor drive setting. As the lighting in this part of the Rijks is not very favourable for photography, I downgraded the shutter speed as much as possible. The Fuji XT does very well under low lighting, but if you can downplay it a bit more, why not. So, I use the technique of bursting to overcome the little vibration of the camera while pressing the shutter button. By holding the button the third and fourth photo are less influenced by this vibration. Then is becomes, depending on the movement of the subjects to take rather steady photo at 2500ISO, F5.0, 1/25, -2/3 at 16 mils.
Post-production was done with a little help of Lightroom. I fiddled a little with the clarity tool and the luminance setting. Finally, I added some copyright signs (in PS). The latter is, alas, there to stay due to the fact that my photos were frequently copied. So, don't bother commenting on that.
Patricia Wentworth - Dark Threat
(Original Title: Pilgrim's Rest)
Popular Library 382, 1951
Cover Artist: Rudolph Belarski
"A left-over blonde ready for murder."
"Popular fiction had it all backwards about killer robots. Far from turning their guns on their creators, bestowing our war machines with intelligence led them to cast their weapons aside instead."
-Name withheld pending full inquiry
It's finally done! This would have been my entry to the contest You Control the Action 4. After the contest was canceled, I revived it as a challenge.
Special thanks to my friend Brian for helping me take awesome photos!
Check out the full set here.
Guy des Cars: Woman of Paris
Popular Library 1955.
Translated from the French by Reine de Roussy de Sales.
Originally published under the title Chantal.
Published in France as "L'Impure by Editions Flammarion.
GSJ 311 at the Trinty Fair 2022, Rayleigh, Essex. This 100E version of the Ford Popular was in production from 1959 until 1962. A revamp of the earlier 1950's Ford Anglia. An 1172 cc side valve engine and 3 speed gearbox carried over from the early 1930's provided the powertrain.
Car: Ford Popular 103E.
Date of registration: 1st July 1959.
Registration region: Lancashire.
Latest recorded mileage: 9708 (MOT 24th November 2011).
Date taken: 1st April 2018.
Location: Weston-Super-Mare, UK.
Album: Weston-Super-Mare show 2018
It looks fairly standard, but has a 5.9 litre V8 engine.
Car: Ford Popular.
Year of manufacture: 1955.
Date of first registration in the UK: 9th November 1955.
Place of registration: London.
Date of last MOT: No online MOT history available.
Mileage at last MOT: No online MOT history available.
Date of last change of keeper: 30th August 2022.
Number of previous keepers: 5.
Date taken: 9th April 2023.
Popular Classics
Vienna Tonkunstler and Linz Symphony Orchestra
Plymouth Records/USA (1953)
P12-30
Cover by Curt John Witt
Casas típicas en la localidad soriana de Calatañazor, que conserva la arquitectura popular de la edad media.
Car: Ford Popular.
Year of manufacture: 1953.
Date of first registration in the UK: 1st December 1987.
Region of registration: Kincardineshire.
Latest recorded mileage: 5,214 (MOT 13th June 2012).
Date of last V5 issued: 2nd September 2020.
Date taken: 8th February 2015.
Location: Queen Square, Bristol, UK.
"The Man in the High Castle" takes a glimpse into an alternate history and what life may have been like had the Allied Powers lost WWII. The first hardcover edition of the book was published in 1962 by G. P. Putnam.
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The novel was adapted by Amazon into an original series that was released on November 20, 2015. Here are links to the TV trailers:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzayf9GpXCI
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjs8xVaAC98
In addition to 44 published novels, Philip K. Dick (1928-1982) wrote approximately 121 short stories, most of which appeared in science fiction magazines during his lifetime. Although Dick spent most of his career as a writer in near-poverty, eleven popular films based on his works have been produced, including Blade Runner, Total Recall, A Scanner Darkly, Minority Report, Paycheck, Next, Screamers, The Adjustment Bureau and Impostor. In 2005, Time magazine named Ubik one of the hundred greatest English-language novels published since 1923. In 2007, Dick became the first science fiction writer to be included in The Library of America series.