Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg

Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg is a senior associate editor at The Atlantic. She curates the Video channel. More

Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg's work in media spans documentary television, advertising, and print. As a producer in the Viewer Created Content division of Al Gore's Current TV, she acquired and produced short documentaries by independent filmmakers around the world. Post-Current, she worked as a producer and strategist at Urgent Content, developing consumer-created and branded nonfiction campaigns for clients including Cisco, Ford, and GOOD Magazine. She studied filmmaking and digital media at Harvard University, where she was co-creator and editor in chief of H BOMB Magazine.

A Sunny Day in San Francisco in 1958

A Sunny Day in San Francisco in 1958

From Lombard Street to the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco looks shiny and new under a light blue sky in this amazing 16mm Kodachrome footage from 1958 More »

Imagining a Post-Apocalyptic Paris

Imagining a Post-Apocalyptic Paris

The surreal experimental short 5:46 am realistically creates a Paris that is completely flooded and deserted More »

Cinderella Drives a Chevrolet

Cinderella Drives a Chevrolet

The classic fairy tale gets an all-American twist in this 1937 animation: Cinderella's coach is a Chevy More »

Where Spam Comes From

Where Spam Comes From

A 1960s promotional documentary for the Hormel meat processing company reveals how their signature product, Spam, is made More »

A Blade Runner-Infused Time-Lapse of the Tokyo Skyline

A Blade Runner-Infused Time-Lapse of the Tokyo Skyline

Tokyo's hypermodern urban landscape is a perfect match for a mashup of the Blade Runner soundtrack More »

This Is Probably as Close as You'll Get to Being an Astronaut

This Is Probably as Close as You'll Get to Being an Astronaut

NASA's spectacular time-lapse videos of Earth, as seen by astronauts on board the International Space Station More »

The Robotic Dancing Japanese Businessmen Are Back

The Robotic Dancing Japanese Businessmen Are Back

Directed by former mixed martial arts champion Genki Sudo, the mesmerizing new music video for his band's "2012" features the viral video stars in their signature suits More »

NASA's Other 1969 Mission—to the Bottom of the Ocean

NASA's Other 1969 Mission—to the Bottom of the Ocean

In 1969, a team of NASA aquanauts spent 30 days in a submarine, drifting along the course of the Gulf Stream More »

You Are Data—4MB to Be Exact

You Are Data—4MB to Be Exact

Bits and Base Pairs explores the concept that the information encoded in our DNA can be compressed down to just 4MB More »

Way Cooler Than Photoshop: Add 3D Objects to 2D Photos

Way Cooler Than Photoshop: Add 3D Objects to 2D Photos

"Rendering Synthetic Objects Into Legacy Photographs" demonstrates a new technology for adding 3D shapes to preexisting photographs More »

Video Travel Diary: A Road Trip Across Israel

Video Travel Diary: A Road Trip Across Israel

This IsReal (the title is a play on words) is an artfully edited travel video of one filmmaker's road trip across Israel More »

Is Peace Possible? Chapter 1: Borders

Is Peace Possible? Chapter 1: Borders

This infographic documentary about potential border solutions in the Israel-Palestine conflict is the first chapter in The Atlantic's and the S. Daniel Abraham Center's special report, Is Peace Possible? More »

Iceland's Midnight Sun

Iceland's Midnight Sun

Photographer Joe Capra spent 17 sleepless nights traveling across Iceland in June, shooting stunning time-lapse videos of the never-ending sunsets that occur in the summer months at northern latitudes  More »

1950s Travel Adventure Film 'Arctic Thrills'

1950s Travel Adventure Film 'Arctic Thrills'

A 1950s travel film includes footage of seals, magnificent icebergs, and of course, a polar bear chase sequence More »

1962 Las Vegas Captured in a Dazzling 16mm Home Movie

1962 Las Vegas Captured in a Dazzling 16mm Home Movie

Jeff Altman, a professional film colorist in Chicago, revived his grandfather's beautiful 16mm Kodachrome footage from a trip to Las Vegas in 1962 More »

The Amazing 'Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera'

The Amazing 'Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera'

This ball camera contains 36 mobile phone cameras that snap a complete spherical, panoramic photo when tossed in the air More »

'Will You Occupy My Life?'

'Will You Occupy My Life?'

Beezy Douglas gets down on one knee to propose to his girlfriend Deb Zep in Zuccotti Park, with Occupy Wall Street protesters providing a "human mic" to amplify his words  More »

A Hauntingly Beautiful Time-Lapse of Flowers Wilting

A Hauntingly Beautiful Time-Lapse of Flowers Wilting

Katia Sergeeva's Attenuation captures a delicate still life of plants drying up and fading with a painterly eye More »

Honey, I Shrunk a Mediterranean Seaside Town

Honey, I Shrunk a Mediterranean Seaside Town

This beautiful harbor town on the Mediterranean coast of Spain look charming in miniature thanks to a tilt-shift effect More »

Love in the Time of Robots: A Duet With Siri

Love in the Time of Robots: A Duet With Siri

YouTube sensation Jonathan Mann sings a duet with the intriguingly feminine Siri, Apple's new digital assistant for iPhone 4S More »

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