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I'm Ali, a London based
creator, curator, hoarder
and explorer.
Kuriosas is my portal for
cherishing, celebrating and
archiving oddball artefacts
and vintage graphics I
come across, documenting
unusual people and places,
and musing over visual
culture past and present.
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photographer and
illustrator can be found here:
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Studio visit: Jurri Arrak
Lithuanian Children’s Books
Surreal 1970’s Hungarian Book Covers
1960’s psychedelic illustration
East German 1970’s geometry book
Lviv Book Market: Soviet children’s books
1950’s Swedish songbook
Lviv Book Market, Ukraine – Soviet Book Covers
Soviet graphic design
Soviet building postcards
Latvian puppet postcards
East German cat brooches
Soviet pin badges / Tallinn Russian market
1930’s Portugese illustration
1920’s German silent film making book
Schminke Modernist House, Germany
1940’s Jumping Gnome illustration
Soviet Christmas postcards
1960’s Latvian illustration
1950’s interior design article
1915 Czech pig riding postcard
Estonian Abstract Art
1960’s psychedelic poetry books
Romanian puppet postcard
Early 20th century surreal postcards
1970’s czech greetings card
1960’s Japanese plastic dog brooch
Lviv Book Market, Ukraine – More Soviet book covers
Soviet illustration postcards
1960’s psychedelic bib
Category Archives: PHOTOGRAPHY
Early 20th century surreal postcards
I came across a super exhibition of nuts early 20th century surreal postcards when I was in Helsinki, at the brilliant Finnish Museum of Photography. Some of the cards below are from as early as 1905 so pre-dated the Surrealist … Continue reading
Posted in ART, MUSEUMS, PHOTOGRAPHY, TRAVEL
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Monkey postcard

Monkey chillaxing in a tree whilst possibly sporting corduroy on this postcard dating back to before the 1920’s, an era when such scenes were considered pretty normal. Find by my Dad, my chief oddball postcard finding contact
Posted in DESIGN, PHOTOGRAPHY
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Klaus Pichler

Had some fun discovering the work of photographer Klaus Pichler from Vienna recently. If you’re also a sucker for East Bloc chic check out his beguilingly kitsch collection of images from Odessa in the Ukraine. www.kpic.at
Posted in EASTERN EUROPE, FASHION & TEXTILES, PHOTOGRAPHY
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London Fashion Week

I’ve recently been working photographing Street Style at London Fashion Week for The Guardian Fashion Blog. I don’t often feature clothes on here, but I thought some of these offbeat individuals offered some pretty super colour and pattern inspiration, as … Continue reading
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Miriam O’Connor

Very happy to recently come across the work of Dublin based photographer Miriam O’Connor. She seems to cultivate some mesmerising images out of mundane everyday scenes. More of her work can be found here
Posted in ART, PHOTOGRAPHY
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