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Summer of 1893
In the summer of 1893, 33 year old Anton Pavlovich Chekhov wrote in his diary: “No money, as always” Unfortunately Fortunately, an inability to help Chekhov shouldn’t stop you helping me … try it. I promise, I’ll work less and create more. While you are thinking about how much you are…
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When you are young
Fashion Photography Geniuses: Patrick Demarchelier French photographer Patrick Demarchelier (1943-2022) tried long and hard to do his job better and better, without thinking about laurels. “I never looked for success. I worked. When you are young, you can’t think about success at all. When the top is reached, try to…
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Spanish in Vienna
Spanish Riding School. Vienna, 1952
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Where am I?
Where am I? Afghanistan, 1960
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Cedric – As I See Him
This is a collage portrait as part of my photography project “I See You”. An image is a cross-roads encounter between identity and history. It makes moments unique, whatever or whoever the subject. It is very simply my visual essay about what I see, at the cross-roads of my life. Would…
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Female Duel
One of the cases of a female duel occurred in August 1892 in Liechtenstein. Two Austrian noblewomen, Princess Metternich and Countess Kielmansegg, fought a duel over a dispute about flower arrangements for the Vienna Music and Theatre Exhibition as depicted by Émile-Antoine Bayard. Princess Pauline Clementine von Metternich, née Sandor…
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Top Secret
This U.S. Army photo, once considered “top secret,” is one of a series of photographs from the summer execution of 1,800 South Korean political prisoners at Taejon in July 1950. Historians and survivors say South Korean troops executed many civilians behind the front lines as U.N. forces retreated before the…
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Traffic Stopper
Firefighters lift a car that fell into the Moika River. St. Petersburg, 1913
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Compulsive Fascination
The unrecognised genius of the world of photography Jacques-Henri Lartigue (1894–1986) was in the shadow of his popular colleagues. He formed an artistic style that combined the aesthetics of an intimate, unexpectedly captured moment, especially characteristic of female portraits. His muses were the most beautiful women, including the photographer’s three…
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