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Late night

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My Hut in all its Kodachrome glory. Since the city I was living in had no electricity (Gyumri was destroyed in an earthquake and in when I was there still just ruins) I used this kerosene drip-stove to heat my hut. The white slab under it to soak up all the slipped kerosene turned out to be a slab of asbestos my landlady thought would help keep her floors clean. The ruined wall is actually right next to my hut where the landlady’s first house had been. Later I was told that the hut I lived in was built on top of her neighbor’s destroyed house with the neighbors still buried in it. Apparently a lot of bodies were never recovered and left where they died in the rubble.

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Photography by Juergen Teler

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Monroe, Bardot … and a naughty elephant: iconic portraits – in pictures — Guardian US

From an eye-opening shot of David Byrne to footballers from a bygone era, a new exhibition focuses on portraits taken before the digital age

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What was life like before digital?

What was life like before digital technology like smartphones and the advent of social media. Very different as Tony McMahon finds out.

It’s a question that Gen-Zers often pose to their elders. How on earth did we live before the smartphone? Let me make it clear at the outset, this Boomer (born 1963) is both an enthusiast and advocate for digital and wouldn’t want to return to my analogue past. But how we got to where we are today is fascinating. And as a late Boomer, I’ve lived through the whole damned process. So, join me to…

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Photo man

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The first gif: Johan Bull for the New Yorker, 1925