Pictorial Webster's: Inspiration to Completion from John Carrera on Vimeo.
In the summer of 1995, bookmaker Johnny Carrera of Quercus Press found a tattered Webster's 1898 International Dictionary under his grandfather's favorite chair. He was fascinated with the thousands of engravings and spent the next decade of his life remaking the book using a Linotype machine.
The result is the gorgeous handmade Pictorial Webster. It's not just a book. It's an artwork. If you don't have a spare $3,500 to buy the deluxe full leather book, you can still get the great unwashed version for $23 at Amazon.
If you see only one video clip today, let this be it. Then check out the official Pictorial Webster's project page.
Comments (6)
BTW, the Amazon.com link (for the cheaper version of the book) allows you to "Look Inside".
However, I have the coordination of a banana, so I don't think I would be very good at this.
I think these dancers are amazing and there are more lindy-hoppers today than you might think.
It would surprise me if that wasn't sped up at least a little bit. Definitely doesn't look quite natural.
How fit would you have to be.
Secondly.
1941?
Wow those are some amazingly short skirts for the 40s.
Black people were allowed to have short little skirts in those days. They didn't need to keep themselves decent, apparently.
Look up "lindy hop" or "swing dancing" on Youtube and be amazed :D There's lots of us lindyhoppers and swing dancers the world over!
-Katie (who loves dancing lindy!)
No one does it better than these guys - they are all true innovators - but if you want to see the new guard of Lindy Hoppers, do a youtube search for "ULHS Liberation" to see contest footage (largely unchoreographed) from my favorite modern era contest.