Possibly a bit more than just a couple of words. But, will have to see how far this will take me. Enjoy it if you can. To generate and embed news feeds I use RSS Feed Generator, you should try it …
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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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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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Future is Here
“In the near future”. Postcard 1917 History of Humanity.
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Mediocrity
Mediocrity … “Only talented people fret about mediocrity.”
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Girl Had Gone Crazy
Gertrude Stanton Käsebier (1852–1934): The Most Influential Female Photographer of the 20th Century. Gertrude took up photography in middle age and was soon praised by the renowned promoter Alfred Stieglitz as “beyond dispute the leading portrait photographer in this country.” Gertrude Käsebier left her husband when she was already 37 years old.…
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Mydans Square
Manezhnaya Square from different angles. Photographs by Karl Mydans, 1959. In this work I love colours and I am interested what type of film he used? Any one?
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Who Is This?
Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleev – St. Petersburg, Russia 1897
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