I'll be back next week with more paintings. Meanwhile, here's something you might enjoy: my muralist friend Art Mortimer sent me this link to an astonishing film shot from a streetcar in San Francisco in 1906, purportedly just days before the great earthquake and fire. Here's what Art writes about the film:
"I have been doing historical murals and looking at old photos for many years and it is amazing to see it come to life-- to get a sense of what the daily life was like: Peoples' movement, traffic, clothing-- the rhythms of life. You don't get that just looking at the still photos. Amazing."
http://www.flixxy.com/san-francisco-1905-historical-footage.htm
9 comments:
What a cool image. I believe that is Market St...?
Really interesting, traffic is slow and chaotic, you would only see that in the third world today.
This is mesmerizing... crazy to see all that random movement and such a variety of transportation all mixed together. So cool.
Such controlled chaos with no traffic lights, but as always, pedestrians beware!
Interesting to see that people will never be able to take their eyes off the camera.
Hi Perry--yeah, Market.
Yes, Simon--relatively slow-moving, but incredibly chaotic.
Hi Laurel--I can watch this over and over, and keep seeing something different each time. Especially if I watch it fullscreen.
It is pretty apparent that some people (especially the kids) were hamming for the camera, isn't it, Sam?
Cool, man! Love the soundtrack, too. Thanks for posting this!
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