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Desktop Wallpapers: The Automotive Photography of Blair Bunting

Ben Branch August 19, 2016
  • Cars
  • Photography
  • Wallpapers

Blair Bunting is an Emmy nominated photographer who decided to try his hand at automotive photography because of his own love of cars, and…

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Aston Martin Virage Cutaway

Ben Branch June 2, 2016
  • British
  • Cars
  • Wallpapers

In 1988 at the Birmingham Motor Show Aston Martin introduced their new sports coupe – the Virage. At its heart was a 32-valve 5.3 litre…

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Henry Ford Wallpaper

Ben Branch March 28, 2016
  • American
  • Ford
  • Wallpapers

Henry Ford is almost certainly one of the most influential men of the 20th century, his creation of an automobile that was affordable for the…

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Desktop Wallpapers: Antique American Maps

Ben Branch February 17, 2016
  • American
  • Art
  • Vintage
  • Wallpapers

This is a small selection from the expansive collection of early American maps from the new York Public Library.

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Bluebird Wallpaper

Ben Branch November 7, 2015
  • British
  • Cars
  • Engineering
  • Wallpapers

On the 17th of July 1964, Donald Campbell shattered the world land speed record with an average speed of 403.10 mph (648.73 kph) across…

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U-boat Blueprints

Ben Branch August 14, 2015
  • Boats
  • Engineering
  • Military
  • Wallpapers

In the post-WWII years Winston Churchill once famously said “The only thing that really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril”, this…

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Targa Florio Wallpaper

Ben Branch July 11, 2015
  • Cars
  • Racing
  • Vintage
  • Wallpapers

The Targa Florio is one of the oldest and most important motor races in the world, it was first run in 1906 when cars…

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Iconic Automobile Wallpapers

Ben Branch May 28, 2015
  • American
  • Art
  • Cars
  • Wallpapers

This series of minimalist wallpapers is the work of artist Nik Schulz, the owner and proprietor of L-Dopa – a design and illustration firm…

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Bugatti Type 57SC Cutaway Wallpaper

Ben Branch February 16, 2015
  • Art
  • Cars
  • Design
  • Luxury
  • Wallpapers

The Bugatti Type 57SC represented to the final evolution of the storied Type 57, a luxurious grand tourer fitted with a Bugatti Grand Prix…

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Winnipeg Roughriders Motorcycle Club

Ben Branch October 11, 2014
  • American
  • Art
  • Motorcycles
  • Photography
  • Wallpapers

This fantastic photograph shows the Winnipeg Roughriders Motorcycle Club at a hill climb near Miami (Manitoba, Canada) in 1945. Most (if not all) of…

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Nissan Skyline Cutaway Wallpaper

Ben Branch September 20, 2014
  • Art
  • Cars
  • Japanese
  • Retro
  • Wallpapers

The Nissan Skyline GT-R is without question one of the most important sports cars ever to come out of Japan, I know there are…

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Mini Cooper S Cutaway Wallpaper

Ben Branch September 14, 2014
  • Art
  • British
  • Cars
  • Rally
  • Wallpapers

This is a cutaway of the now legendary #52 Mini Cooper S driven to victory at the 1965 Monte Carlo Rallye by the Timo…

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