Located about an hour off-land from Vancouver, British Columbia, the island is called Lasqueti where residents live completely off-grid. People live in humble homes without modern appliances because, well, there is no electricity on the island. It also has no paved roads, in most cases no plumbing, and almost no industry, which means there’s practically no use for money.
New discoveries are made everyday. In late 2014 at an auction in Ohio, photographer Levi Bettweiser, the man behind the Rescued Film Project, stumbled upon a rare collection of 31 undeveloped film rolls.
It’s not uncommon to see photos and videos of abandoned places making the rounds on the internet nowadays. Urban exploration, after all, is fascinating hobby to many people. All things eventually succumb to time. What they leave behind is a plethora of memories, of history, and of interesting stories that we find fascinating. Perhaps, some … Read more
Back when photography was a starting art form, it was expensive and laborious that it was (often) only in death when a person gets photographed.
To keep disabled parking spaces available when the truly disabled need them, a Russian non-profit organization, Dislife, came up with a powerful campaign to stop inconsiderate parking behavior.
Looking at these rare photos of the past gives us a different perspective of our history. It can also help us to imagine better what it was like to live through that moment, now lost forever. Below are 20 fascinating images that fit this description perfectly.