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The temples of Angkor

The Temple of Bakong (2001).

The temples and ruins of Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom are effortlessly photogenic, so much so it seems impossible to take a bad picture of them. John McDermott’s photographs are especially fine, not least because he’s used infra-red film which always gives foliage a peculiar luminous appearance. Simon Marsden is the big populariser of this technique with his many photographs of ruins in Britain and Ireland.

Previously on { feuilleton }
• Adolph Sutro’s Gingerbread Palace
• The Jantar Mantar
• Hungarian water towers
• Karel Plicka’s views of Prague
• Atget’s Paris

Karim Konrad

Mario photographed by Karim Konrad.

Karl Blossfeldt

Maiden-hair fern.

Photogravures by Karl Blossfeldt (1865–1932). More here.

Tendrils of a pumpkin.

Previously on { feuilleton }
• The Dawn of the Autochrome
• Fred Holland Day
• The Door in the Wall
• Edward Steichen
• Mark Twain and Nikola Tesla

Postopolis: Art and Architecture

Postopolis: Art and Architecture
Event details and live blog at City of Sound.

Peter Eudenbach’s Eiffel Ferris wheel

Tours de Revolutions by Peter Eudenbach (2007).

Built to commemorate the French Revolution, the Eiffel Tower inspired Ferris to create a revolving wrought iron marvel to surpass it. Twenty years later Duchamp’s love of Ferris Wheels led to the first readymade and caused a revolution in art. Tours de Revolution is a Ferris wheel made of Eiffel towers, bringing this famous landmark full circle.

And speaking of Gustave Eiffel’s monument, Google Maps now has very clear views of central Paris. That snaking line of people is the queue to use one of the lifts.

Previously on { feuilleton }
• City of Light
• Paris V: Details
• Enormous structures II: Tatlin’s Tower