Link

Photographic Galleries and other Photography Links

LensWork - One of the best B&W sites on the web

Tony Kuyper    - Outstanding landscape photography of the South West 

Connie Imboden - "Out of Darkness" -   Powerful images of the human form underwater

Nagasaki Journey - The photography of Yosuke Yamahata

Howard Schatz - One of the best

Rare Creatures - Howard Schatz

Charles Cramer

Christopher Burkett

Fatali Gallery

William Neill  

Clyde Butcher

The Nocturnes - Amazing night photography a must visit.

Michael Frye photography - Also beautiful and unique night photography a must visit.

Phil Borges - People of endangered cultures - a must see.

Jim Delutes - Flowers, South West, doors, recently featured in Shutterbug Magazine.

Fine Art Photography Web Ring - Fine art photography from around the world.

USGS Image Collection

Century Images - One Of The Largest Web Sites In The World for Antique Photo Images specializing in turn of the century images.

Cambridge in Colour - Very compelling photography of Cambridge University by Sean T. McHugh.

Art Resources

Art Promote - eZine featuring artists and artists resources

ArtQuest - A listing service buying and selling art and photography

Art Gallery Worldwide - A wide variety of features and services that enable customers to buy and sell art.

Isabel Art Gallery - Fine art oil paintings and reproductions painted by professional artists.

SpiritHit.Com - A directory with extensive links to art and spiritual content.

Classic Automobiles

Roadsters.com - Articles and over 7,000 motorsports links

Rolls Royce and Bentley - Historical information on Rolls Royce 

Swigart Antique Automobile Museum   - One of the oldest museums in the country

Petersen Automotive Museum - An outstanding classic automotive museum in LA.

The Art of the Automobile - Northstar Gallery - Fine art photography celebrating the art of the classic automobile.

Sensuality in the Art of the Automobile - Northstar Gallery - Essay and fine art photography exploring sensuality in the design  of the classic automobile.

Car Stuff - Extensive links to classic car sites and museums.

The Nethercutt Collection - One of the World Class automotive museums, with many photographs including hood ornaments.

KT Motorsport - Excellent photographs

Museum of Automobile History - One of the largest collections of automobile memorabilia in Syracuse NY.

The Art of the Automobile Web Ring - Fine art photography exploring the line, form and sensual design of classic automobiles.

Carsart - Auto art oil painting potraits of cars

Holsheimer Automotive Art

L.R. Daniels Automotive Artwork

L´Art et l´automobile

Automobile Portal.com

Antique Automobile Club of America

Antique Automobile Club of America Museum

Automotive Links.Com

Travis Smith Automotive Art

Automotive Photography.com

David Wendel - Automotive Painting & custom commissions

The Collector Car Restoration

Victoria Goodhart Muralist that did the work at the Hershey AACA Museum

Mascots and Hood Ornaments

Mascot Mania - A great site on classic automobile hood ornaments

Hood Ornaments and Mascots - Many excellent photographs and information on hood ornaments.

Automobile Figural Mascots - A great collection of  mascots.

Expressions of Art Deco - Hood ornaments from streamline to jet age.

Classic Automobile Mascot WebRing - Fine art photography exploring the line, form and sensual design of classic automobiles.

Flying Ladies - The art of the classic automobile hood ornament.

Sensuality in the Art of the Automobile - Northstar Gallery - Essay and fine art photography exploring sensuality in the design  of the classic automobile.

Pulman Gallery - Fine photographs of Rene'  Lalique car mascots.

Lalique -  Lalique products.

John D. Shearer  Gallery -  Lalique car mascots.

Hood Ornaments - Car mascots for sale.

Mascots Unlimited - Car mascots for sale.

Jud Turner's Gallery of Sculpture for the Automobile -  Custom car mascots.

DJL Trading -  Rene' Lalique car mascots.

Louis Lejeune Ltd. - World famous AEL factory, manufacturing car mascots.

Bomber Nose Art

  War Bird Nose Art - Northstar Imaging

  National Part Service Nose art 

  WWII Nose Art

Aviation Photography

Gargoyles and Grotesques

About Gargoyles - Walter S. Arnold sculptor and stone carver.

The Gargoyle Hunter - Capturing Gargoyles & Grotesques on Film

The Greenman and Greenwoman - History of gargoyles with many photographs.

Gargouilles - Gargoyles of Paris with many fine photographs by Thomas Owen..

Gargoyles - History, architecture, mythical origins and photographs.

New York City Carver - History, architecture, mythical origins and photographs.

The Gargoyles of Princeton University  

Medieval World - History and information on Medieval culture.

Notre Dame de Paris Photos - Photography of Notre Dame

Gargoyles and Grotesques Web Ring - A web ring for sites that present photography and historical information on gargoyles, greenmen and grotesques.

The Digital Imaging Project - Art historical images of sculpture and architecture by Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton College

Eastern State Penitentiary

Eastern State Penitentiary - The official web site of Eastern State Penitentiary.

Photography of Eastern State Penitentiary Web Ring - Presenting web sites with fine art photography and historical information on Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Modern Ruins ESP - Shaun O'Boyle

State Penitentiary for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Records1819-1892

Eastern State Penitentiary 140 Years of Reform

Eastern State Penitentiary - Northstar Gallery - Presenting fine art photography of historic Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Eastern State Penitentiary History - Northstar Gallery - Historical perspective on Eastern State Penitentiary.

Forged Images's - Eastern State Penitentiary Teacher Guide

Mansfield Museum

Urban Ruins WebRing

Modern Ruins WebRing

Russian Penitentiary System

Future History - Eastern State Penitentiary

Eastern State Pen

Eastern State - Samuel Y. Harris Architect

Photographs - Eastern State Penitentiary

Philadelphia's Most Historic Site -- Eastern State Penitentiary Gallery

The Bastille

Alcatraz History

A Brief History of American Prisons from Solitary Cells to Supermax

New York State Prison History

David Michael Kennedy - Prison Series Photographs

India

Mark Freedman - Excellent photography of India

Photography of India Web Ring - Presenting web sites with professional quality photography exploring the people, beauty, culture and diversity of India.

Online Art of  Gallery India - On line fine art gallery with paintings by artists of India.

Large Format Images

Charles Cramer

Christopher Burkett

Fatali Gallery

William Neill  

Clyde Butcher

Mark Citret  

Hooper Photo  

Neil Folberg  

Chip Forelli  

View Camera.com

Adoption, Orphanage & Children Related Links

Trajectories of Despair: Misdiagnosis and Maltreatment of Soviet Orphans

Children in Russia's Institutions:  - Unicef

The Office of Children's Issues - US Department of State

Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption - Non Profit adoption resources

Mental Disability Rights International - Dedicated to the rights of people with disabilities

Human Rights Watch - Dedicated to protecting human rights around the world

Universal Declaration of Human Rights - United Nations

Human Rights Watch - Children in Russian Orphanages - Abandoned to the State

Horrifying Conditions in Mexico's Mental Hospitals - ABC 20/20 Report

Soros Foundations Network - Foundation support for projects in Eastern Europe

Heart of Romania - Dedicated to assisting and enriching the children of Romania

Orphanage.org - Links to orphanages around the world

Buriat Families - Information on orphaned children in Siberia and the Republic of Buriatia

CRY - Care & Relief For the Young - Caring for needy children around the world

Heart of Hope Ministries International - Christian support for children of Romania

Immigration & Naturalization Service - General immigration information

Rainbow Kids.com - A Online International Adoption Publication

US Department of State - 1999 Country Reports on Human Rights

US Department of State - International Adoption in Russia

US Department of State - International Adoption in Romania

US Department of State - International Adoption in Moldova

US Department of State - Bureau of Consular Affairs

National Adoption Information Clearinghouse - Extensive links & information

World Institute on Disability - International public policy center on disability

International Adoption Statistics - Data on international adoption by country

A Collection of Quotations on Service and the Served - Northstar Gallery

The Eugenics Archive - The historical basis of marginalization of vulnerable people

The Moldova Website - The official website of the Republic of Moldova

Downside up - Association interested in children with Down syndrome

Adoption Russia - Information on Russian adoptions

Inhaling Misery - Photo essay on Guatemalan street children inhaling paint solvents

Human Rights Watch - Abandoned to the state

General Information Links on Russia & the CIS

The Bucknell University Russian Program - An outstanding information source on Russia

Kremblinkam - One of the best live cams on the Internet - Red Square

Eurasia Research Center - Comprehensive information on Eurasia

Russia Today - A Global Online Community

Russia on the Net - Original Russian Web Directory

Saint Petersburg Times - English Language Newspaper

Washington Post - Russia

Russian Space Agency - Information on the Russian Space Program

Trans-Siberian Railroad - The greatest railway journey on the planet with photos

Soviet Archives Exhibit - Excellent information and documents on Soviet Times

Learn Russian - Liden-Denz is a private language school offers on line instruction

Hermitage Museum - One of the great museums of the world

Russia Alive - Diverse information including legal and business

Gangsters - Information on crime in Russia

Center for Civil Society International - NGO Resources & Research

Eurasia Foundation - Foundation supporting programs in NIS Countries - USAID

World Institute on Disability - Public policy center on disabilities including Russia

Russian Photographic & Gallery Links

Russian Chronicles - B&W photographs of  Russia

Russian Gothic Project   - Great photographs from Novodevichye Cemetery

Photo Studio   - Excellent photography of Russia by Alexander Putyata

Photographer/Ru Gallery - Gallery of excellent Russian Photographers

Russia Pro Photo - Several Galleries of excellent work by Russian Photographers

Moscow at Night   - Gallery of exceptionally fine night photographs of Moscow

Hidden Life of Masks - Photography by Valery Tumbayev

Russkoye Polye Photo Gallery - An outstanding photography archive

Lithuanian photography - Exibit by Lithuanian Photographers Union.

Ben Eden.com - Stunning photographs by a fine Russian photographer

Carousel Links

Classic Carousel Photography Web Ring - For all people who love classic carousels and merry go rounds with a focus on carousel photography, history and poetry.

Classic Carousels - Northstar Gallery - Presenting fine art photography of classic carousels from around the world.

Amusement Park History - Carousels - An excellent historical reference by Adam Sandy.

A Carousel for Mossoula

Carousels.com

Historic Carousels

Salon Travel _ The carousels of Paris

National Carousel Association

International Museum of Carousel Art

Paragon PTC #85

Atlantic Beach Park

Palace Playland, Old Orchard Beach

Quassy Amusement Park, Connecticut

Pleasure Island

The Dr. Floyd Moreland Carousel at Casino Pier (NJ)

Lark Toys Carousel

Carousel Art by Arlene Landers

The Merry Go Round - Art by Ann Reynolds

Carousel Magic!

Santa Monica Pier

America's Best Carousels

Carousel Center Mall PTC 18, Syracuse, New York

The C.W. Parker Carousel Museum, Leavenworth, Kansas

 Cafesjian's Carousel PTC#33, St. Paul, Minnesota

The Shelby Herschell-Spillman (1919), Shelby, North Carolina

Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, Maryland

Santa Cruz 1911 Looff, Santa Cruz, California

Silver Beach Carousel Society (Carmel), St. Joseph. Michigan

Atlantic Beach Park 1915 Herschell-Spillman, Misquamicut Beach, Rhode Island

The NCA census of operating carousels

The Grand Carousel - Knoebles Grove PA

The Antique Carrousel, Dorney Park (Allenttown)

The Prospect Park Carousel (Brooklyn)

The Central Park Carousel (Manhattan)

The Grand Carousel- Libertyland (Memphis, Tennessee)

Coolidge Park Carousel (Chattanooga, Tennessee)

Lake Winnepesaukah (Rossville)

The Riverview Carousel (Six Flags over Georgia, Atlanta)

The Faust Park Carousel (Chesterfield)

The Six Flags St. Louis Carousel (Eureka)

Coney Island & Carnival Links

Statuaire féminine au cimetière du Père-Lachaise - Excellent photography of memorial art in Pere Lachaise Cemetery Paris.

Ossuary of Sedlec - The Sedlec Ossuary is a small Christian chapel decorated with human bones located in Sedlec in the Czech Republic.

Writ in Water - A gallery of  cemetery  images from Pere Lachaise, Rome, Highgate, and many others.

The Adams Residence - Fine art memorial photography including much from Europe.

Old Bones - Fine art memorial photography.

Friedhof Engel - Excellent fine art memorial photography with a focus on Germany.

Death Divine & Last Kiss - Pamelia Williams, Milan, Genoa, Vienna.

Gravesight - Excellent fine art of the cemeteries of New Orleans.

Cyber-Cemetery - Cemetery photography.

Tomb With a View

Green-Wood Cemetery - Cemetery photography.

Monochrome Images - Photographs from Edinburgh and beyond.

Death Angels - Catholic cemeteries in and around Chicago, plus one pet cemetery.

Cold Marble - A photo tour of some of the more interesting cemetery monuments, tombstones, and graveyard architectural works in the Baltimore area.

Souls in Stone - Fine photographs of  Cemetery Art in the Netherlands, Italy and the Czech Republic.

Cemetery Photography - Andy Frazer - A focus on abandoned cemeteries.

The World Wide Cemetery

Monument Builders of North America

Fun Tombstone Epitaphs

Association for Gravestone Studies

Kensal Green Cemetery

Monochrome Images

Gregoire Gallery

Graveyard Poetry

Virtual Pet Cemetery

Graceland Cemetery

Forest Lawn Cemetery

Cemeteries - Kinkaid 

Cemetery art

Totentanz

Saving Graces

Gravesight - Photography of the cemeteries of New Orleans by David Fields.

Cemetery Pictures  - Photographs from graveyards around the world.

Google Cemetery Directory

The Palermo Mummies

King Capuchins' Catacombs

The Catacombs of Rome

Sea Shells

Conchologist of America

Shell Photography Web Ring - Presenting professional quality, fine art photography of sea and land shells in a manner that celebrates their inherent beauty, diversity and elegance of design and structure.