top of page
Japan on Glass: How Yokohama Photographs by Herbert Geddes Captured Everyday Life 1908 to 1918
Hand coloured glass plates from Yokohama show Japan between 1908 and 1918 in extraordinary clarity. Made for foreign visitors these luminous images capture labour family life and a society on the edge of modernity long before colour film existed.
Rockwell Kent, Herman Melville and the Revival of Moby Dick
Melville’s “Moby Dick” was almost forgotten until the 1930s. Then Rockwell Kent arrived with bold black and white engravings that transformed the book into a cultural landmark. A perfect pairing across time that brought the white whale back to life.
Le Monocle and the Women Who Shaped Queer Montparnasse
Explore the full history of Le Monocle, the iconic Paris lesbian nightclub photographed by Brassaï. Discover its culture, key figures like Lulu de Montparnasse and Violette Morris, its wartime disappearance and its postwar revival.
bottom of page