Couple Finds Trove of 2,000 Cameras and Lenses in Storage Unit
A Massachusetts couple tasked with cleaning out a storage unit was blown away after finding that it contained roughly 2,000 vintage cameras and lenses.
Photographer’s 3,200 Undeveloped Film Rolls Hold History of Rock ‘n’ Roll
Photographer Charles Daniels has been photographing famous rockers like Rod Stewart, Jimi Hendrix, The Who's Pete Townshend, Aerosmith's Steven Tyler, and others since the late 1960s. However, tens of thousands of his photos have never been seen -- they are sitting in roughly 3,200 rolls of undeveloped film in his Boston home.
I Found Forgotten WWII Medals and Nazi Items in an Abandoned House
I'm urban exploration photographer Dave of Freaktography.com, and this is the story of how I found two sets of forgotten war medals in an abandoned house (and what I decided to do with them).
Paris Museums Put 60,000+ Historic Photos Online, Copyright-Free
Paris Musées, a group of 14 public museums in Paris, has made a splash by releasing high-res digital images for over 100,000 artworks through a new online portal. All the works were released to the public domain (CC0, or "No Rights Reserved"), and they include 62,599 historic photos by some of the most famous French photographers such as Eugene Atget.
These Unseen 9/11 Photos Were Found at an Estate Sale
A giant archive of 2,400 never-before-seen 9/11 photos have been discovered on a set of CDs purchased at an estate sale. The images show workers in the wreckage of the World Trade Center towers after the September 11th, 2001, attacks in New York City.
Man Finds Box of Unseen Weegee Photos in His Kitchen Cabinet
Back in 1970, artist David Young purchased a box of old news photos at a Philadelphia thrift store. After moving to Seattle, Young put the box in his kitchen cabinet and forgot about it for years. It turns out that box contains unseen 1930s crime photos by the famed New York City photographer Weegee.
Trove of Glass Negatives Found in Attic of Condemned Illinois House
Over in Peoria, Illinois, a box of nearly 200 glass negatives from the late 1800s and early 1900s has been found in the corner of the attic in a condemned house.