Ben Samuel
When Weegee met Alfred Stieglitz
Photographer Weegee describes his haunting meeting with an 81 year old Alfred Stieglitz. From his book Naked City.
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Ben Samuel
- Aug 12
- 1 min
Rembrandt's "dirty little secrets"
Etchings made by Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) dubbed by some as his "Dirty Little Secrets"
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Ben Samuel
- Jun 21
- 1 min
Ingmar Bergman interview
An interview with Ingmar Bergman where he discusses "Non-existence" and God's perfection in comparison to human imperfection.
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Ben Samuel
- Jun 13
- 1 min
Jean Genet (1910 - 1986) interview
Jean Genet asks a BBC film crew why they don't rebel.
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Ben Samuel
- Jun 13
- 2 min
Albert Pinkham Ryder - art and decay
The art of decay. Albert Pinkham Ryder's paintings decay over time due to his use of unstable materials.
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Ben Samuel
- May 25
- 3 min
William Blake's Visionary heads
Throughout his life William Blake claimed to have seen visions of people from the remote past, as well as deceased friends.
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Ben Samuel
- May 5
- 4 min
JG Ballard "What I Believe"
‘What I Believe’ is a prose poem originally published in French in Science Fiction #1 in January 1984.
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Ben Samuel
- Apr 28
- 10 min
Bruno Schulz "trying to occur"
The life and imagination of Bruno Schulz including drawings, a film of the mural discovery and a newly discovered short story by Schulz
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Ben Samuel
- Apr 12
- 2 min
Lotte Reiniger (1899-1981)
The films of pioneering filmmaker Lotte Reiniger
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Ben Samuel
- Apr 5
- 2 min
Francisco Goya's Black Paintings (Pinturas negras)
Francisco Goya's Black Paintings
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Ben Samuel
- Mar 28
- 1 min
Akira Kurosawa describes the Great Kantō earthquake of (1923)
Akira Kurosawa describes being shown the aftermath of the Kantō earthquake by his brother Heigo Kurosawa.
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Ben Samuel
- Mar 21
- 1 min
Wax anatomical models by Clemente Susini
Clemente Susini's (1754–1814) vividly accurate but macabre wax models, both beautiful and disturbing.
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Ben Samuel
- Mar 3
- 1 min
Rare footage of Albert Camus
Rare footage of Albert Camus talking about the theatre with an extract of The Possessed written and directed by Albert Camus
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Ben Samuel
- Mar 3
- 1 min
Isaiah Berlin on the power of ideas
"Over a hundred years ago, the German poet Heine warned the French not to underestimate the power of ideas..."
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Ben Samuel
- Mar 3
- 1 min
Albert Camus Quote from The Plague
“He knew what those jubilant crowds did not know but could have learned from books: that the plague bacillus never dies or disappears..."
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Ben Samuel
- Mar 1
- 1 min
Friedrich Nietzsche's Mental Breakdown
Jan 1889, Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900) is said to have witnessed a cab driver viciously whipping a horse.
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Ben Samuel
- Mar 1
- 1 min
"Advertisements" by J.G Ballard
"I created a series of advertisements which I placed in various publications..Of course I was advertising my own conceptual ideas,
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Ben Samuel
- Mar 1
- 1 min
Sergei Parajanov discussing Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
Interview with Sergei Parajanov here he discusses how making Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965) led to his imprisonment
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Ben Samuel
- Mar 1
- 1 min
Experimental text collages by JG Ballard
Four Text Collages (Project for a New Novel), by J. G. Ballard. Experimental text collages by Ballard intended as a condensed novel.
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Ben Samuel
- Mar 1
- 1 min
Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly
The lifework of James Hampton a janitor who secretly built a large assemblage of religious art.
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Ben Samuel
- Mar 1
- 1 min
Georgia O'Keeffe's fascination with Synesthesia
Georgia O'Keeffe's fascination with Synesthesia led her to create these paintings.
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Ben Samuel
- Mar 1
- 1 min
Eadweard Muybridge's pioneering work on locomotion
Eadweard Muybridge (1830 – 1904) pioneering work on locomotion included many male and female nudes of himself and others
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Ben Samuel
- Mar 1
- 1 min
Artwork by Eugene Von Bruenchenhein
Eugene Von Bruenchenhein (1910–1983) was a self-taught artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin who created thousands of paintings...
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Ben Samuel
- Mar 1
- 1 min
Interview with Titanic survivor Frank Prentice
Titanic survivor Frank Prentice worked in the pursers office on the Titanic, he was 18.
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