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“Sleeveface is an internet phenomenon wherein one or more persons obscure or augment body parts with record sleeve(s), causing an illusion. Sleeveface has become popular on social networking sites”. – Wikipedia

Photo: “Doggy Style” (Photo by Samuel and Marco van Bergen via SleeveFace.com)

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26 Apr 2012 14:26:00,post received 0 comments

Touching The Annual Weigh In For Animals At London Zoo

Zookeepers measure the length of a pueblan milk snake in the Reptile House of ZSL London Zoo as part of their annual weighing and measuring of their animals on August 25, 2011 in London, England. The heights and weights of over 750 different animal species at the zoo are recorded into the International Species Information System, to monitor their health and share the data with other zoos across the world. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

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26 Aug 2011 09:42:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Dutch Swimmers Brave The North Sea For New Years Day Dip

Hardy Dutch swimmers brave the icy North Sea on January 1, 2012 in Scheveningen, Netherlands. A record number of 10,000 people took the plunge in this year's traditional New Year's dip. The high turnout was attributed to the mild weather with a sea temperature of 8 degrees compared to 4 degrees last year. (Photo by Jasper Juinen/Getty Images)

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02 Jan 2012 11:44:00,post received 0 comments

Wow 700 Year Old Letter Found In The Possession Of William Wallace Returns To Scotland

Duncan Fenton from the Society of William Wallace stands next to a 700-year-old letter believed to have been in the possession of William Wallace, which has returned to National Records of Scotland on January 12, 2012 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Photo by Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)

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20 Jan 2012 14:17:00,post received 0 comments

Charming Grows Crystals on Books by Alexis Arnold

People will spout about impermanence of digital records, but books are really fragile, too. Alexis Arnold from San Francisco wanted to illustrate that with her project The Crystallized Book: collecting books and growing Borax crystals on them. Books range from literature classics to magazines, and there’s even a mysterious and arcane tome called “Linux: The Complete Manual”.

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12 Jun 2015 10:55:00,post received 0 comments

Wow Drawing by Richey Beckett

I’m an illustrator based in South Wales, UK. I work in pen and ink, creating original illustrations for record cover artwork, shirt design and poster art.

Richey Beckett

Clients include:  Metallica, Mastodon, Kvelertak, Trash Talk, Sick Of It All, Mondo (Game Of Thrones /Lord Of The Rings).

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16 May 2014 10:34:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Larry Clark's Controversial Photography

Untitled, 1963. (Photo by Larry Clark/Courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York)

Before he was a controversial film-maker, Larry Clark was a controversial photographer, recording his teenage life of drugs and addiction in Tulsa (1971) and Teenage Lust (1983). Photo: Untitled, 1963. (Photo by Larry Clark/Courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York)

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13 Jul 2014 11:04:00,post received 0 comments

Charming Stage Production Of Ben-Hur At The Stade De France

PARIS - SEPTEMBER 22: French actor Christophe Heraut plays Ben-Hur and rides in a Roman chariot during the stage production premiere of 'Ben-Hur' September 22, 2006 in Saint-Denis, Paris, France. After Charlton Heston played the lead in this sword and sandal epic, written by Civil War Union Gen. Lew Wallace, on the big screen, the play is set to return in a live version staged at France's biggest sports stadium. Behind the 13-million-euro (16.5-million-dollar) show is a veteran Paris-born director Robert Hossein, who involved a large crew of hundreds of actors for the show. (Photo by Francois Durand/Getty Images)

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16 Nov 2011 12:17:00,post received 0 comments