Tag: 1980s
An NBC news special from the dawn of the ’80s documented an exciting new trend — TVs that could display data like the weather, sports scores, news or even early video games. Data services like Ceefax and Viewtex, who provided this info, weren’t connected to the internet, but their services looked towards the future of technology […]
Artist Javier Laspiur’s CONTROLLERS series features simple, shallow focus photos of his arms and hands holding video game console controllers from 1983 onward. We also get a decent look into Laspiur’s long sleeve shirt collection. My Modern Met described the composition: Laspiur creates images that are reminiscent of posters. There’s a picture of the controller in the […]
Before it became one of the biggest, most powerful companies in the world, 1986 was a dark time for Apple. After a dispute with Apple CEO John Scully, Steve Jobs had resigned to start his own company. The release of the Macintosh was a huge leap forward for personal computing, but the company’s turbulent period produced […]
In 1980’s London, Bob Mazzer worked as a projectionist in a porn theater. He began photographing scenes on his commute to and from work. These photos of everyday life are now artifacts of a unique cultural era. “Every day I travelled to King’s Cross and back. Coming home late at night, it was like a […]
