Here are the 30 rare and inspiring historical photos that keep the past alive. There is an online page in Twitter called “Historical Pics” that is more than 173K followers. History is a fascinating subject and when we learn history through photos, it seems more relatable. You can check this…
Here in this post you can find rare and alternative views of iconic events and places in history. You can find “Niagara falls without water”, “Mount Fuji seen from the International Space Station”, “Behind the scenes of Sesame Street”, “A more realistic view of the Taj Mahal” and many more…
During the First World War, Spain was neutral. On a study trip to Spain, when the war broke out, Kurt Hielscher got stuck. He stayed in Spain during the whole war and decided to make the best of it by traveling around and making a lot of photos that eventually…
Here are the 21 rarest photos of Frida Kahlo as a young woman in the 1920s. Frida Kahlo remains one of the most celebrated artists in modern art. In terms of subject matter, Kahlo favored self-portraits and scenes rooted in her Mexican heritage. Frida was born in 1907 and her…
Here are the 20 amazing “Then And Now” photos that show how time changes things. If you’re not familiar with what rephotography is, it’s the art of reshooting old photos of places in the modern-day as accurately as possible. There is a online Reddit group call r/OldPhotosInRealLife, people post great…
Even though we might not always notice it, time flies by incredibly fast, and it’s only when we look back at our old pictures that we notice just how much things changed. Thankfully, there’s a whole online community that’s entirely dedicated to these old pictures, and it’s absolutely fascinating. The…
British photographer Chris Porsz is well-known for his unique project called “Reunions” which documents the lives of people in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. One would think that it’s referring to simple street-style photos, but Porsz has been working on his project for over 40 years already. What makes his project special is…
Here are 40 photos of interesting historical facts the world should not forget shared by “Archaeo – Histories” Twitter account. Archaeo – Histories have more than 165K followers. This page ran by Dr. Mohammad Firoz Khan, ‘Archaeo – Histories’ is an interesting little online project that shares easy-to-digest educational snippets.…
Here are rare and beautiful color photographs from Master photographer Fan Ho. We have seen a lot of his Black and White photographs, but in this collection, we are presenting his colorwork. Fan Ho (1931–2016) is a China-born photographer, film director, and actor. He spent his early years in Shanghai,…
The Photo Series is made from the Abstract patterns taken from the Vintage Car Rally show in Kolkata. The Statesman Vintage & Classic Car Rally is an annual vintage car rally in New Delhi and Kolkata and the oldest, continuously-run such event in India and the sub-continent. It started in…
Tošo Dabac (18 May 1907 – 9 May 1970) was an internationally renowned Croatian photographer. Dabac spent nearly his entire working career in Zagreb, Croatia. While he worked on many different kinds of publications throughout his career, he is primarily notable for his black-and-white photographs of Zagreb street life during…
As a young man, Brassai studied painting and sculpture at the Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts in Budapest. He joined a cavalry regiment of the Austro-Hungarian army, where he served until the end of the First World War. In 1920, Brassai went to Berlin, where he worked as a journalist…
Sune Jonsson (20 December 1930 – 30 January 2009) was a Swedish documentary photographer and writer. Jonsson was born in Nyåker outside Nordmaling in the province of Västerbotten, Sweden. After studying folklore and literature in Stockholm and Uppsala, Jonsson returned in the early 1960s to northern Sweden. His debut book…
David Martin “Dave” Heath (27 June 1931 – 27 June 2016) was an American documentary and humanist photographer, whose most famous work was candid street photography. He was a mostly self-taught photographer. He was born in Philadelphia and was inspired by Life magazine, most notably an article Bad Boy’s Story…
Andreas Bernhard Lyonel Feininger (December 27, 1906 – February 18, 1999) was an American photographer and a writer on photographic technique. He was noted for his dynamic black-and-white scenes of Manhattan and for studies of the structures of natural objects. Feininger wrote comprehensive manuals about photography, of which the best…
Vladimir Lagrange was a Russian photographer born in 1939 in Moscow. In 1959-1963 he was working in “Photokhronika TASS”. Since 1963-1989 – special photo correspondent of “Soviet Union” Magazine, in 1989-1991 – in “Native Land” Magazine, in 1991-1995 – in Moscow representative of French Agency “Sipa – Press”. © Vladimir…
