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Glorious Photos and Posters of the Great French Entertainer Mistinguett

Glorious Photos and Posters of the Great French Entertainer Mistinguett

Her voice, slightly off-key, was that of the Parisian street hawkers—the husky, trailing voice of the Paris people. She was of the animal race that owes nothing to intellectualism. She incarnated herself. She flattered a French patriotism that was not shameful. It is normal now that she should crumble, like the other caryatids of that great and marvellous epoch that was ours. ...
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Vivian Maier in Color: The Ektachrome Slides

Vivian Maier in Color: The Ektachrome Slides

"She didn’t have to worry about either the orthodoxy or the approval of her peers” ...
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The Extraordinary Album Art by Mozelle Thompson

The Extraordinary Album Art by Mozelle Thompson

"Mozelle Thompson was the only prolific African American artist to illustrate album covers. He was a pioneer in his industry, working alongside the first-generation artists who contributed to the history of album cover art within the first 15 years of its existence." - J. Malls ...
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New York in Motion: Incredible Photographs of The City That Never Sleeps (1880s)

New York in Motion: Incredible Photographs of The City That Never Sleeps (1880s)

When not working as a chemist and at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Science's departments of Mineralogy and Astronomy, Wallace G. Levison was taking photographs. Advances in technology allowed Levison to capture his native New York in motion. ...
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More Found Wedding Portraits From 1960s New York (Part 2)

More Found Wedding Portraits From 1960s New York (Part 2)

Here's Part 2 of our look at New York wedding photos from a professional photographer working in the 1960s. The lighting, framing and composition suggest the photographer was no natural picture taker. As ever the question remains: is that you? Now let’s imagine the stories behind the photos… ...
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Some of the Earliest Photographic Views of Edinburgh, 1843-44

Some of the Earliest Photographic Views of Edinburgh, 1843-44

Some of the earliest views of the city and some of the most beautifully preserved calotype cityscapes from the period ...
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Desktop Dining: Photographer Brian Finke Pictures The Joy Of Eating In The Office

Desktop Dining: Photographer Brian Finke Pictures The Joy Of Eating In The Office

'Appetite that comes from hunger. It makes no fuss over the food that satisfies it. If it is great enough, a piece of raw meat will appease it as easily as a roasted pheasant or woodcock' - Alexandre Dumas ...
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Fascinating Photos of Chicago’s Tri-Taylor Neighborhood from 1971

Fascinating Photos of Chicago’s Tri-Taylor Neighborhood from 1971

"He told me many times that he got most of the pictures because he managed to talk a local gang leader into walking him around" ...
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A European’s Views of New York In the 1970s

A European’s Views of New York In the 1970s

'The streets sagged and steamed with a subterranean fury. The fire escapes rattled like mad monkey cages' - AA Gill ...
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Igor Mukhin’s Photographs Capture the Underground Rock Scene in Moscow and Leningrad at the Tail End of the Soviet Union

Igor Mukhin’s Photographs Capture the Underground Rock Scene in Moscow and Leningrad at the Tail End of the Soviet Union

"I felt that the time of ‘change’ had come, and I needed to go and shoot” - Igor Mukhin ...
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30 Photos Of New York City In 1978

30 Photos Of New York City In 1978

Manel Armengol was in New York in 1978. His photos transport us back in time to a city in decay ...
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‘Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987

‘Trendy OK?’ – Pictures of Birmingham 1976-1987

There was no Selfridges or Harvey Nichols, no Bullring as we know it today. Instead you had to take your life into your hands as you ventured through the city's subway shops and underground passages that are now filled in and long since vanished. ...
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