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Google has put the LIFE photo archive online: "Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google."

Tags: photo_gallery, google, history, archive_photos, reference, resources on 2008-11-19 and saved by 558 people -All Annotations (18) -About

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A fascinating collection of grim-looking buildings, captured mostly in black & white, exemplifying the brutalist style of architecture. They were taken in the late 60s, early 70s, by someone studying to be an architect. Just the other day I re-read somewhere that loss breeds resentment, and one wonders how seethingly full of resentment society must have been to allow these structures, which show nothing but contempt for the people who inhabit or visit or circulate around them, to be built. Were they a misdirected expression of loss? You really have to wonder...

Tags: architecture, brutalism, built_environment, flickr, photo_gallery, reference on 2008-01-29 -All Annotations (0) -About

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