In the photo series "Guide to Computing", photographer James Ball, in collaboration with production studio Ink, has turned early historic computers into wonderful objects of art.

Through delicate retouching and post-production techniques, photographer James Ball (aka Docubyte) breathed new life into these aging historical artifacts. Displayed in a manner reminiscent of 1960s advertising, the "Guide to Computing" presents these devices as they might have been marketed during their heydays. A few of them even predated the advent of modern color photography.

Most of these machines have never been seen before in this context, so enjoy this spectacularly retro piece of early computing history.

The HDR 75:

The Endim 2000:

Featured image: The ICL 7500