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20 Amazing Color Photos of New York During the 1950s

More than any other artist, Walker Evans invented the images of essential America that we have long since accepted as fact, and his work has influenced not only modern photography but also literature, film and visual arts in other mediums. Walker Evans (1903-1975) took up photography upon his return to New York in 1927, followingContinue reading “20 Amazing Color Photos of New York During the 1950s”

49 Remarkable Photos From The 1900s Showing The Struggles of Child Laborers Volume 1

In 1908 Lewis Hine picked up his camera and became the photographer for the National Child Labor Committee. It was a start of a long decade, as Lewis traveled across the country, documenting child labor, getting constant threats from factory owners as the immorality of child labor was supposed to be kept away from theContinue reading “49 Remarkable Photos From The 1900s Showing The Struggles of Child Laborers Volume 1”

86 Amazing Photographs Showing Life in Paris During World War 1

Charles Lansiaux (1855–1939) became a photographer at the end of the 19th century. He established his own business in 1903, describing his company purpose as “Artistic and industrial photography, city works, emergency works, interior photography with artificial light, enlargements, amateur documentary photography.” At the beginning of the war in 1914, he started documenting daily lifeContinue reading “86 Amazing Photographs Showing Life in Paris During World War 1”

45 Vintage Photos Of The Great Depression’s Forgotten African-American Victims

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States. The timing of the Great Depression varied around the world; in most countries, it started in 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s. It was the longest, deepest, and most widespread depression of theContinue reading “45 Vintage Photos Of The Great Depression’s Forgotten African-American Victims”

Fascinating Vintage Photos of Rome in the Mid-1950s

These amazing photos were captured by Allan Hailstone on a trip to Rome as a schoolboy with his father and a friend in August 1956. They had been inspired to go after seeing the 1954 movie Three Coins in the Fountain. “Before the advent of cheap airfares and mass tourism, it was easy in 1956Continue reading “Fascinating Vintage Photos of Rome in the Mid-1950s”

Photos of Sterling St. Jacques and Bianca Jagger Dancing at Studio 54 in New York City, 1978

Born 1957 in Salt Lake City, Utah, American model, actor and dancer Sterling St. Jacques was the adopted son of actor Raymond St. Jacques. He had bit parts in films such as Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) with Faye Dunaway, Dinah East (1970) and the Italian movie Sistemo l’America e torno (1974). Together, Sterling andContinue reading “Photos of Sterling St. Jacques and Bianca Jagger Dancing at Studio 54 in New York City, 1978”

Vintage Photographs of Egypt From Between the 1860s and 1890s

River view, Alexandria The Adelphoi Zangaki (Zangaki Brothers) were two brothers of Greek origin, active as photographers in Ottoman Egypt from the 1860s through to the 1890s. Little is known about them, except their initials, C. and G., and that they worked out of Port Said and Cairo from around the 1860s through to atContinue reading “Vintage Photographs of Egypt From Between the 1860s and 1890s”

40 Fabulous Photos Showing Artists Creating in Their Studios

A good studio for an artist is a very important place. Our creative studios might sometimes look like a pile of rubbish or a mixed-up room, but this is where great creations are born! These photos are not glamorous and they show the artists in a very natural and raw state. This is the behindContinue reading “40 Fabulous Photos Showing Artists Creating in Their Studios”