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Here is a three-panel coloured woodcut from Japan. It shows the the first train to leave Yokohama. The print is from the late 19C. I’ve always liked the graphic style of these images. I love the way the flat-colour 2D … Continue reading →

Here is a lovely picture of a steam loco, just like a ghost…

The French photographer, Robert Doisneau, has taken lots of pictures of the French railways…some of these were official, others were more informal. This is an image of holidaymakers in la France profonde, circa 1940 it turns out. I was amazed … Continue reading →

It’s been great to look at historic images of the people who ran the railways… There are lots of photo images. You can imagine how delighted I was to discover that Salgado had been invited to document the life of … Continue reading →

The French have a long tradition of coloured paper cut-out models…this story begins with paper figures associated with the playhouse and with the battlefield… I posted before about these kinds of images, here http://paulrennie.rennart.co.uk/post/122765079235/napoleon-illustrated-again