Showing posts with label photographs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photographs. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Rare Images of Hitler's Wife Eva Braun

Rare Images of Hitler's Wife Eva Braun
Eva Braun made up as jazz singer Al Jolson
Braun sunbathing and semi-nude behind umbrella
Hitler's long-time companion seen partying and smoking

Previously unseen images from the fascinating private albums of Eva Braun have come to light.

They give us incredible retrospective access to Hitler’s little known companion and her extraordinary life.

Hitler and Braun were married on April 29, 1945, but within some 40 hours they were both dead.
Against the backdrop of the final days of the war in Europe and the crumbling Reich it was an extraordinary marriage.

Eva Braun was the longtime companion, and for a brief time wife, of Adolf Hitler.

He met her in Munich when she was 17 years old and working as an assistant and model for his personal photographer Heinrich Hoffmann.

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Artist's unique tribute to Muhammad Ali

Artist's unique tribute to Muhammad Ali
Artist's unique tribute to Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali always said he was the prettiest thing that ever lived. He has a point. It does take a certain beauty to make 1,300 punching bags, five miles of stainless steel and two miles of aluminum tubing look like a work of art. Of course, it doesn't hurt to have a talented sculptor rendering those materials.

California artist Michael Kalish will unveil his Ali art installation, "reALIze," later this month in Los Angeles. The project, which depicts the three-time heavyweight champ by using speed bags, stands two stories high, fills up 15,00 cubic feet and includes five miles of stainless steel, two miles of aluminum tubing and 1,300 of Ali's favorite practice targets. Kalish told the Los Angeles Times that it took three months to design the sculpture and five months to build it.