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Documerica: Danny Lyon’s Photos of New York City in the Summer of 1974

Documerica: Danny Lyon’s Photos of New York City in the Summer of 1974

Many of the photographs, including those of Lyon’s, are the only distinct visual record of the time and place. ...
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Photographs of Portobello Road in 1950

Photographs of Portobello Road in 1950

Walking up “the Lane”, as we called it, was a stroll through the English class system even then as one progressed towards Holland Park. Notting Hill didn’t become gentrified – it always was. What happened was that North Kensington became Notting Hill. ...
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Paul Sougy : Wonderful Illustrations On The Human Body

Paul Sougy : Wonderful Illustrations On The Human Body

In the mid 20th Century, French teachers would teach science with these delightful wall hangings ...
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A Day In The Life Of Pennsylvania Miners – November 1942

A Day In The Life Of Pennsylvania Miners – November 1942

Photographs of miners going to work and at the coal face ...
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Brilliant Photos, Lobby Cards and Posters from the Beatles’ Film – A Hard Day’s Night

Brilliant Photos, Lobby Cards and Posters from the Beatles’ Film – A Hard Day’s Night

A Hard Day's Night was intended as, "a low-budget exploitation movie to milk the latest brief musical craze for all it was worth." ...
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Photoprovocations by Russian Sergey Chilikov

Photoprovocations by Russian Sergey Chilikov

Photography wasn’t given credence as a legitimate art form and even classic Soviet photography wasn’t included in museum exhibitions. In order to get their work seen, photographers started their own clubs, exchanging work with other clubs and organizing their own exhibitions and festivals. ...
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John Hinde and his Fabulous Colourful Postcards

John Hinde and his Fabulous Colourful Postcards

Hinde was an innovator in a world where serious photography was black and white, and where colour photography was poor – because neither Ireland nor Britain had the technological capabilities to reproduce the vibrant hues Hinde dreamed of. ...
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Colour Pictures of the Festival Pleasure Gardens in Battersea Park in 1953 by Vern Orton

Colour Pictures of the Festival Pleasure Gardens in Battersea Park in 1953 by Vern Orton

The Pleasure Gardens were meant to bring “elegant entertainment” to the people and create a classless environment where different and exciting forms of entertainment were available to everyone. ...
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The Story Of ‘Punk’

The Story Of ‘Punk’

The rotten etymology of Punk - a word used to describe music for centuries ...
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Photographs of Stoke Newington During the ‘Winter of Discontent’ by Alan Denney

Photographs of Stoke Newington During the ‘Winter of Discontent’ by Alan Denney

It was the coldest winter for sixteen years and will always be remembered as ‘the winter of discontent’ - from the famous first line from Shakespeare’s Richard III. ...
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Tank Training at Fort Knox in 1942

Tank Training at Fort Knox in 1942

In June 1942, Office of War Information photographer Alfred T. Palmer (1906–1993) visited Fort Knox, ...
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On The Streets of Detroit Michigan in 1973

On The Streets of Detroit Michigan in 1973

In 1973 Don Hudson was a student at the Detroit Society of Arts and Crafts - he photographed what he saw ...
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    Photographs of The Romanovs’ Final Ball In Color, St Petersburg, Russia 1903

    Photographs of The Romanovs’ Final Ball In Color, St Petersburg, Russia 1903

      These portrait photographs of Russia's ruling Romanovs were taken in 1903 at the Winter Palace in majestic. St. Petersburg. Knowing what was to follow, the venue was apposite. St Petersburg is the city Christopher Hitchens called "an apparent temple of civilization: the polished window between Russia and Europe... the ...
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    Photographer Updates Postcards Of 1960s Resorts Into Their Abandoned Ruins

    Photographer Updates Postcards Of 1960s Resorts Into Their Abandoned Ruins

    Ephemeral, disposable, they served only one purpose—to let someone know "I'm here. I'm thinking of you" - Pablo Iglesias Maurer ...
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    The Rise, Fall, and Lonely Death of Benny Hill

    The Rise, Fall, and Lonely Death of Benny Hill

    "I get a thrill when they’re kneeling there, between my knees and they’re looking up at me. And I want them to call me Mr Hill, not Benny. ‘Is that all right for you, Mr Hill?’ That’s lovely, that is, I really like that,” I asked him why and he said, “Well, it’s respectful...”’ - Benny Hill ...
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    Andrei Tarkovsky’s Sublime Polaroids‎ (And Free Films)

    Andrei Tarkovsky’s Sublime Polaroids‎ (And Free Films)

    Andrei Tarkovsky's Polaroids‎ (1979 - 1984) show us thoughtful and dreamy visions of his native Russia, featuring his family, his dog, his home, his garden, views from trips to Italy and a 'selfie'. Tarkovsky (4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986) is the revered film director of whom Ingmar Bergman said, “Tarkovsky ...
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    The First Naked Kiss On Camera: Eadweard Muybridge, Sex And Murder

    The First Naked Kiss On Camera: Eadweard Muybridge, Sex And Murder

    Eadweard Muybridge (9 April 1830 – 8 May 1904) was not into smut and eroticism. His rapid-fire sequential photographs of two naked women kissing served to aid his studies of human and animal movement. It was in the interests of art and science Muybridge secured the services of two women, ...
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    Photos Of Siouxsie Sioux and The Banshees From The Late 1970s

    Photos Of Siouxsie Sioux and The Banshees From The Late 1970s

    Siouxsie Sioux (born Susan Janet Ballion on 27 May 1957) found fame with Siouxsie and The Banshees, the band she so-created with Steven Severin. Many pictures of Siouxsie Sioux and the rest of the group and their friends were taken by photographer Ray Stevenson, the brother of Nils Stevenson, who managed ...
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