We are the last generation that can experience true wilderness. Already the world has shrunk dramatically. To a Frenchman, the Pyrenees are “wild.” To a kid living in a New York City ghetto, Central Park is “wilderness.” Even travelers in Patagonia forget that its giant,...
A cynic would say that the archaeological evidence shows primarily how buildings met the ground, not how they really looked. In fact, the most ardent archaeologists today may be not the professionals going by this noum, or the paleontologists or anthropologists. The modern builders, engineers...
As the most mundane inquiries, colors in India have a habit of ending this way: there may be two colors, there may be five, a dozen or a hundred; the only thing that is certain is that all will be different. If the radiance of...
Before Nikon made cameras there was Nikkor making optical lenses since 1933. Since then Nikkor became the precision optics that the world used to see itself and its surroundings. The quality and precision of his lenses took Nikkor to the top, and his optics brought...
When you photograph people, you realize how the character, the experiences lived, even the humor, are etched in their faces throughout life, changing the one that was given to them, which is the one they had in their youth. Images are scanned slides from our Film Photo...
As Japan experienced postwar restoration and growth at miraculous speed, many of its products were disseminated to the rest of the world. Nikon's optical equipment performance was highly evaluated, and played an important role in creating world recognition for the new, superior quality of "Made...
Another fantastic collection of scanned slides from our Film Photo Library, this time from the Africa Album. Photos taken in the early 90s that captured the faces of the people and native tribes. Images are scanned slides from our Film Photo Library. Share on: ...
How pride of innovation lead to corporate identity.There was a time when pride of innovation dictated corporate identity, unlike today, when decisions are often made by the company's bean-counters, who may know the price of everything, but the value of nothing. Little men proud of...
I can't imagine anything more terrifying than a world full of identical beings. Generic clones. An insipidly amorphous culture that takes an impoverished environment for granted. The only thing that makes life bearable is the diversity of creatures that populate our globe. The place you were...