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New York City in the Summer of 1938

New York City in the Summer of 1938

New York City in the summer of 1938 was wet. On June 28, 1.69 inches of rain fell on the city - a record for the date. On July 23, 2.40 inches of rain fell. Minding where they stepped, photographers Jack Allison, Sheldon Dick, Walker Evans and Russell Lee photographed the city as pat of the Farm Security Administration's aim to record American life between 1935 and 1944. ...
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The Patients of Prestwich Mental Hospital in a Documentary Photo Series from 1972

The Patients of Prestwich Mental Hospital in a Documentary Photo Series from 1972

Martin Parr's photographs of people trapped in a place of last resort... ...
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More Of Us: Photographer Michael Carlebach Notices The Americans We Don’t See

More Of Us: Photographer Michael Carlebach Notices The Americans We Don’t See

"I look for meaning at the edges of things, avoiding the incendiary characters who bully their way into our lives whether we like it or not' - Michael Carlebach ...
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Buy Prints Writers, Actors, Singers, Stars: Carl Van Vechten’s Iconic Portrait Photographs

Writers, Actors, Singers, Stars: Carl Van Vechten’s Iconic Portrait Photographs

Carl Van Vechten's career as a writer almost ended as soon as it began. Van ...
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Gorgeous Portraits of Katharine Hepburn By George Hoyningen-Huene In 1934

Gorgeous Portraits of Katharine Hepburn By George Hoyningen-Huene In 1934

In 1934, hymned photographer George Hoyningen-Huene met movie star Katherine Hepburn and created these beautiful photos ...
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Photographing The Beatles : When Astrid Kirchherr Styled The Group In Pictures and Moptops

Photographing The Beatles : When Astrid Kirchherr Styled The Group In Pictures and Moptops

One night in Hamburg, 1960, photographer Astrid Kirchherr's life changed forever ...
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My Goal is to Rule the World! – Brilliant Photos of Pre-fame Madonna in 1982 by Richard Corman

My Goal is to Rule the World! – Brilliant Photos of Pre-fame Madonna in 1982 by Richard Corman

No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you've come from, you can always change, become a better version of yourself. ...
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Watching them Watching the Parade To Recruit Civilian Defense Volunteers – Washington DC, 1943

Watching them Watching the Parade To Recruit Civilian Defense Volunteers – Washington DC, 1943

In July 1943, Esther Bubley trained her camera on the faces of spectators massed in Washington DC to watch the parade to recruit civilian defense volunteers. ...
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Inge Morath Photographs Saul Steinberg and his Brilliant Mask Parties

Inge Morath Photographs Saul Steinberg and his Brilliant Mask Parties

Saul Steinberg drew masks on brown paper bags and invited friends and guest to wear them. ...
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 The Other Suffragettes: the Women Who Kept Fighting for the Right to Vote After the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Passed

 The Other Suffragettes: the Women Who Kept Fighting for the Right to Vote After the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Passed

“The contributions of Asian American, Latina, and Native American suffragists are just beginning to be examined by scholars,” writes the Library of Congress, “but there is still much work to be done regarding all women of color.” ...
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Stay Broke, Shoot Film: Alain Bibal’s Iconic Rock Photography

Stay Broke, Shoot Film: Alain Bibal’s Iconic Rock Photography

Born in France in 1964, Bibal started taking photographs in his late-teens and early-twenties but "nothing really serious." Any dreams he harboured were sidelined when he started work and focussed on having a regular life. This, of course, all changed on his fiftieth birthday. ...
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Northern Life: Mik Critchlow’s Brilliant Photographs of An English Coal Town (1977-1990)

Northern Life: Mik Critchlow’s Brilliant Photographs of An English Coal Town (1977-1990)

Life in Ashington, Northumberland, once reputed to be the largest mining village in Europe ...
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