Photography
June 23, 2020

Self-Taught Photo Restorer Breathes New Life Into “Irreparable” Photos From the Past

Austrian photographer Mario Unger has led an eclectic life, spending 33 years as a music teacher before pivoting his passion toward photography. Now, he has also developed an exceptional set of Photoshop skills and puts them to use restoring and colorizing old photographs. The transition to photo restoration was quite natural for Unger.

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History
June 22, 2020

Rare Book Collector Reveals Tibetan Book Printed Before the Gutenberg Bible

The Gutenberg Printing Press truly revolutionized western society with its introduction of mass produced printed materials for a relatively cheap price, which helped encourage literacy among the lower classes. However, the practice of printing books had actually been occurring long before 1450 in the Far East. A rare book collector on Twitter recently debuted a Sino-Tibetan “concertina-folded book” that is estimated to have been printed in Beijing around 1410.

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DIY
June 22, 2020

Woman Transforms Dowdy Thrift Store Dresses Into Fashionable Frocks

Avid thrifter and crafter Caitlin Trantham has a knack for transforming her thrift store clothing finds into stylish outfits. With the innate ability to see the possibilities in a dress, she looks past the unfashionable elements that cause others to overlook it. Once she gets home, she takes to her sewing machine to make her vision become a reality. “Last year, I got really into vintage clothing,” Trantham tells My Modern Met.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.