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Extraordinary Arts Studies From West Of Zanzibar By William Mortensen (1928)

Extraordinary Arts Studies From West Of Zanzibar By William Mortensen (1928)

From the outset, Mortensen's subject matter was unabashedly theatrical, bizarre and often louche. He was an ardent admirer of Goya and Daumier, and with his Hollywood access to costumes, sets, makeup and masks, created elaborate tableaux vivants in his studio. ...
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A Night at O’Reilly’s Bar in New York in 1942

A Night at O’Reilly’s Bar in New York in 1942

Marjory Collins, a self-confessed "rebel looking for a cause", took these photographs of customers at an Irish bar on New York City's Third Avenue. Some of whom were sailors on their last night of leave.  ...
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Brilliant Expressionist Dance Costumers From The 1920s

Brilliant Expressionist Dance Costumers From The 1920s

In 1924 married avant-garde dancers Lavinia Schulz and Walter Holdt posed for Minya Diez-Dührkoop. It ended in murder ...
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A Dying Miner’s Letter To His Beloved Wife (1902)

A Dying Miner’s Letter To His Beloved Wife (1902)

On May 19th, 1902, 26 miners working at the Fraterville Coal Mine in Tennessee, were trapped underground. They wrote these letters. ...
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Brian Griffin – Extraordinary Photographs

Brian Griffin – Extraordinary Photographs

Brian Griffin's photographs show us the extraordinary in the everyday ...
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The Passenger: The Day Jack Nicholson & Maria Schneider Visited the Brunswick Centre in 1974

The Passenger: The Day Jack Nicholson & Maria Schneider Visited the Brunswick Centre in 1974

“Isn’t it funny”, decides The Girl, “The way things happen - all the shapes we make” ...
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A Photographic History of Hip-Hop

A Photographic History of Hip-Hop

Photographing rappers from Jay-Z to Kanye West and Salt 'n' Pepper - a visual history of hip-hop' ...
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Fascinating Photos of the Muslim Community in Cardiff’s Tiger Bay, 1943

Fascinating Photos of the Muslim Community in Cardiff’s Tiger Bay, 1943

"It was a dirty, smelly, rotten and romantic district, an offence and an inspiration, and I loved it" - Howard Spring ...
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After Chernobyl : The Nuclear Suicide Squad (1986)

After Chernobyl : The Nuclear Suicide Squad (1986)

In 1986 Professor Sir Frederick Warner created Volunteers for Ionising Radiation, a platoon of over-65s who would help in a British nuclear disaster ...
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My 1980s Life : A Florida Teenager’s Photos

My 1980s Life : A Florida Teenager’s Photos

In the 1980s I moved from Ossining, New York, to a school in Tampa, Florida. This was me... ...
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Horses, Drink And God: Martin Parr’s Visions Of Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland 1981-1983

Horses, Drink And God: Martin Parr’s Visions Of Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland 1981-1983

"I think the ordinary is a very under-exploited aspect of our lives because it is so familiar." ...
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‘The Count is Back, with an Eye for London’s Hotpants’ – The Swinging Hammer Horror Film – Dracula A.D. 1972

‘The Count is Back, with an Eye for London’s Hotpants’ – The Swinging Hammer Horror Film – Dracula A.D. 1972

“This isn’t a terrific rationale for another horror flick but, given Miss Beacham’s ability to heave, and her bosom to heave with, it will have to do.” ...
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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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    Hanging Out in Leakey, Texas in 1973 – Photos by Marc St. Gil

    Hanging Out in Leakey, Texas in 1973 – Photos by Marc St. Gil

    Part of the Documerica project - a program sponsored by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to "photographically document subjects of environmental concern" in the United States from about 1972 to 1977. ...
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    Jesus Amongst the Fans: The Naked Hippie Dancer

    Jesus Amongst the Fans: The Naked Hippie Dancer

      It was a Saturday evening, St Valentine’s Day 1970, when William Jellett first thought he might be Jesus. He was on the London Underground, travelling back from work, and noticed the headline of the newspaper unfurled opposite him: “Cambridge riots — two policemen beaten up”. There had been student protests the ...
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    The LSD Archive at The Institute of Illegal Images

    The LSD Archive at The Institute of Illegal Images

    “It kept me from eating it if it was framed on the wall” - Mark Mcloud on his amazing collection of LSD Blotters ...
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    ‘Teenage Historian’ Chuck Berry Reviews The Clash, Talking Heads, Joy Division And The Sex Pistols For A 1980 Punk Zine

    ‘Teenage Historian’ Chuck Berry Reviews The Clash, Talking Heads, Joy Division And The Sex Pistols For A 1980 Punk Zine

      In 1980, Chuck Berry spoke to St Louis-based punk zine Jet Lag (1980 -1991). Berry talked about his first gig, signing with Leonard Chess's Chess Records, his role as a "teenage historian" and "what the kids are listening to these days". He was invited to review some records. Chuck Berry's record ...
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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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    Grace Jones Fucked The ‘Caveman Shit’ And Conquered the World

    Grace Jones Fucked The ‘Caveman Shit’ And Conquered the World

    There is a moment in every one of those tacky beauty pageants when the sweaty, middle-aged host asks each young swimsuit-clad contestant "If there was one thing you could do what would it be?" The answers are always the same: "I would bring about world peace." It's a nice thought--though ...
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