Category Archives: Media
Graveyard of phones boxes
From an article in the Guardian titled Trapped in time? This photo is by Ian Howorth.
Continued viewing
Starts with a call
Phone boxes still get a mention in one way or another in the press. Here is a lovely example of a love story that started with a call from a public phone.
TV moments
The box in the arts
More of the same
Yes more phone boxes on tv. This first one is America’s Game…The Wheel of Fortune. We’ve just started watching this and there was no explanation of the set. I’m not sure if it’s a regular thing but on this episode they appear to being trying to set an English scene. There is naturally a phone box but what’s this about the word ‘Metro’ being imposed on an Underground logo? A little reserach on the topic wouldn’t go amiss 🙂
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Vivian Maier
Yesterday I watched a facinating documentary on the photographer Vivian Mair. I love what I saw of her work. As an archivist the whole story is also intriguing. Here is one of her pieces. Look closely at the gentleman on the phone. From what the documentary shows, Maier wasn’t afraid of showing aspects of the human condition that others turn away from.
