Russia before the revolution. Slide show wired magazine.
Street photography. Slide show lensculture.
Lighting films with mirrors, as in Rashomon forest scene, and flash and mirror photography.
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Laika Лайка and the Soviet Space Dogs
“Belka Белка and Strelka Стрелка spent a day in space aboard Korabl-Sputnik 2 on 19 August 1960 before safely returning to Earth.
They were accompanied by a grey rabbit, 42 mice, 2 rats, flies and several plants and fungi. All passengers survived. They were the first Earth-born creatures to go into orbit and return alive.” wikipedia.
Shipwreck off the coast of Colombia.