Never-before-seen photos from 100 years ago tell vivid story of gritty New York City

By Associated Press Published: 13:31 GMT, 24 April 2012 | Updated: 19:55 GMT, 24 April 2012 Almost a million images of New York and its municipal operations have been made public for the first time on the internet. The city's Department of Records officially announced the debut of the photo database. Culled from the Municipal Archives collection of more than 2.2 million images going back to the mid-1800s, the 870,000 photographs feature all manner of city oversight -- from stately ports and bridges to grisly gangland killings. Always moving: Workers dig in Delancy Street on New York's Lower East Side in this photo dated July 29, 1908. A bridge too far? Genesis of a icon: In this June 5, 1908 photo, the Manhattan Bridge is less than a shell, seen from Washington Street. The main concourse of Grand Central Terminal, in New York, is seen from the Campbell apartment in this 1937 photo. 'We all knew that we had fantastic photograph collections that no one would even guess that we had,' he said.

Cinemagraphs: Ani fotka, ani video | TimeKiller.cz Dva kreativci Jamie Beck a Kevin Burg vymysleli novou metodu fotografie, pomocí níž vytvořili tzv. cinegraphs, což jsou v podstatě pohyblivé fotografie. Jsou založené na klasických animovaných GIFech, ale jejich unikátnost je v tom, že pohyblivé jsou pouze části snímků a zbytek scény zůstává statický, aby podpořil dojem, že se jedná stále o fotografii a ne obyčejné video. Web: | *UPDATE* Cinemagraphs: Ani fotka, ani video #2 Sdílet Autor