Author: MMISI

auto-motor by MMISISep 27, 20225:33 pm

Eternal Life

This is a publicity photo for the production start-up for the Mercedes 300 SEL (W109) passenger car at the Sindelfingen plant in March 1966. The 300 SEL differs from the SE (W108) by its standard air suspension and a 100 mm longer wheelbase.

The feeling of perfection is further emphasized by Germany’s flagship airline, Lufthansa and the brand new Boeing 727-100 aircraft which was registered in June 1964. Lufthansa was the third customer to order and the first in Europe. This specific aircraft (D-ABIH, Wiesbaden) was returned to Boeing in May 1975, with over 24,000 flight hours.

film by MMISISep 19, 20229:21 pm

Lucky

Does love at first sight exist? Probably the best Covid lockdown movie I’ve seen.

places by MMISISep 4, 202211:44 am

St. Catherine

The limestone facade of the baroque church of St. Catherine in Valletta, Malta, adjacent to an Augustinian nunnery

persona by MMISIJun 24, 202211:02 am

Riders

Peter Fonda, Jack Nicholson & Dennis Hopper in Cannes, France, 1969

persona by MMISIJun 24, 202210:45 am

Simone

Léa Seydoux as gardienne Simone on a poster of ‘The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun’ (2021) a film by Wes Anderson

film by MMISIMar 10, 20224:58 pm

In Hot Pursuit

A handsome lead (Jean-Paul Belmondo) who can actually act, a beautiful woman (Françoise Dorléac, sister to Catherine Deneuve) who is pretty much crazy, and a villain (Jean Servais) who is charming in Philippe de Broca’s […]

architecture by MMISIMar 10, 20221:12 pm

Kyiv

Wassily Kandinsky’s stage set for Modest Mussorgsky’s ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ at the Friedrich Theater, Dessau, on 4 April, 1928. ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’ is a suite of ten piano pieces, plus a recurring, varied […]

architecture by MMISIMar 10, 202212:27 pm

Terminus

The eastern terminus of the Budapest Metro Line M2 at the intersection of Feher and Kerepesi roads shortly after the opening of the inaugural section of the line in 1970. The surface station has a […]

photography by MMISIMar 10, 202211:50 am

240

The Volvo 240 became a symbol of Scandinavian values. The safe, the sound, the commonplace. Square and homely, yet solid and reliable. No frills, just function over form. Taking you from A to Z. The […]

photography by MMISIDec 15, 202110:50 pm

Anatomy

Left paradrop door of the Kawasaki C-2 mid-size, twin-turbofan engine, long range, high speed military transport aircraft developed and manufactured by Kawasaki Aerospace Company. The plane is deployed by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF). […]

photography by MMISIJul 20, 202111:10 pm

47.492500°, 19.051389°

Budapest, Hungary photographed at night from the International Space Station. Amid the lights of the capital city is the dark string of the Danube, Europe’s second-longest river. Budapest’s metropolitan area spans 525 square km and […]

places by MMISIJul 20, 202111:00 pm

Passing through

Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railway Bridge was used for electric trains from 1895 until 1958. This was the only 4 track bridge in Chicago’s history. Most sites seem to call it a Jackknife bridge for […]

paintings by MMISIMay 6, 20217:35 am

A Japanese Girl

A Japanese Girl (1918) by Jacob Kramer (1892 – 1962), Ukrainian-born painter who spent all of his working life in England.

places by MMISIMay 1, 202110:03 am

Akita

Tokyo’s Shibuya station with the Hachiko statue in the late 1930s. The small bronze Hachiko statue may not appear particularly impressive however, it is still Shibuya’s main meeting point. The original statue sculpted by Teru […]

persona by MMISIApr 30, 20217:00 am

Best Actresses

Audrey Hepburn and Grace Kelly backstage at the 1956 Academy Awards. They both won the Best Actress Award in previous years. Audrey Hepburn won for ‘Roman Holiday’ in 1953 while Grace Kelly won for ‘The […]

persona by MMISIApr 25, 202111:01 am

Captain Monroe

Marilyn Monroe with Norman Rosten and his friends | Long Island, 1955 Poet Norman Rosten and his wife, Hedda, accompanied Marilyn Monroe the last seven years of her life. In fact, as time went on […]

auto-motor by MMISIApr 25, 202110:09 am

Racy Pink

Wear a Honda to match your lipstick | 1967 ad

auto-motor by MMISIApr 24, 20218:02 am

Millecinquecento

The Fiat 1300 and Fiat 1500 were manufactured from 1961 to 1967. They were essentially identical except for their engine displacement, as indicated by their model names. They were available as a saloon and station […]

persona by MMISIApr 22, 20217:25 am

Anita

Anita Ekberg at Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget, 1956

places by MMISIApr 9, 20219:22 pm

Modena

Aldo Rossi designed his cemetery for a competition in 1971. The scheme was reworked in 1976 before construction could begin in 1978, although as it stands, the vivid orange colored building is only partially completed […]