Travel in the East (photography)

"Womans at harem" (1870-80)




Constantinople. Mosquée d'Ortakeuï (1870-80)



Pyramide de Gizeh (1854)

Group of Oldmen (1860)

The exposition "Voyages en Orient", by BNF, shows several pictures and informations about ancient voyageurs and "fashions", as the "orientalism" of century XIX

Some pictures (as the last image) remember the paintings of Ludwig Deutsch, another "orientalist" artist.

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When diplomacy fails... (engraving)

PsyWarrior is an amazing resource on Psychology of War, and the so called "Psy Operational". The author shows several historical sources on various subjects, like sex, motivation, war of information, and others.

The two pics above belong to a text intitled "Death Cards". The card is an element that changes in accordance with the conveniences (motivation of soldiers, menace for enemies, or operational references).

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War, Peace, Oil (Engraving)

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Between light and shadow... (photography)

... between dream and reality... (by Ana Mokarzel)

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Something like Paradise

muha photography

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Lego, and Classic Photos

Flickr - Mike Stimpson

Lunch Atop a Skyscrapper, by Charles Ebbets

"The Unknown Rebel", by Jeff Widener

Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, by Joe Rosenthal

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Açores - Photography

emanuelazevedofotos

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Global Warming

 Global Warming according Diesel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Andre Derain (1880-1954) - Paintings

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Slim, elegant, with a lively colour and enamelled black hair. With an English chic, somewhat striking. Fancy waistcoats, ties in crude colours, red and green. Always a pipe in his mouth, phlegmatic, mocking, cold, an arguer [source]

The Turning Road, L´Estaque (1906)

Pont de Charing Cross

Harlequin and Pierrot, c.1924


The Dancer (1906)


Boats at Collioure's Harbor (1905)

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