"Wild Bob" Burman, the man of records
He was called Bob the Wild for a reason... he has been an open-wheel pioneer, setting numerous speed and victory standards in the early...
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- Jan 24
Vivian Maier: the nanny photographer who lived twice
While working as a nanny, she took 150,000 photographs. She lived in absolute anonymity and only became famous and exhibited around the...
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- Nov 22, 2022
Imaging women of the future ... in 1902
What People in 1902 thought "women of the future" would look like. In 1902, French artist and manufacturer Albert Bergeret released a set...
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- May 6, 2022
Tina Modotti, the activist behind the camera
The amazing and adventurous life of a model, Hollywood actress, photographer and politician activist. When I first read her biography I...
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- Oct 27, 2021
Before Disney there was FELIX
F. - Hello Maggie, My name is Felix. I. - Hello Felix, nice to meet you. It's an honour to have you here. F. - And it's a pleasure for me...
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- Sep 16, 2021
Three sisters with the passion for fashion
The successful story behind "Sorelle Fontana Atelier": from Rome to Hollywood and the beginning of the "Made in Italy" concept. Today, I...
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- May 30, 2021
The seductive design of Art Deco posters
"An assertively modern style that ran to symmetry rather than asymmetry, and to the rectilinear rather than the curvilinear; it responded...
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- Mar 30, 2021
100 years ago today: the first women’s Olympiad
The world’s first international sporting event for women took place in Monaco in 1921 The 1921 Women’s Olympiad was held in Monte Carlo...
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- Feb 26, 2021
The Eye of the Century: Henri Cartier-Bresson
"To photograph is to put the head, the eye and the heart on the same line of sight" - Henri Cartier-Bresson From the late 1920s to the...
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- Jan 15, 2021
A tribute to the “Cowboys of the Sky”
In one of my older posts I talked about the Barnstorming, a form of entertainment in which stunt pilots used to make the craziest things...
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- Nov 17, 2020
METROPOLIS, 1927. The future was then
“One of the biggest, strangest, maddest films in cinema history” — THE GUARDIAN When I was 13 I loved spending the whole Saturday night...
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- Sep 30, 2020
"L'Exposition Universelle de Paris, 1900"
I never underestimate the power of a picture when this can make me travel back in time, through my memories. Usually, this step back in...
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- Feb 24, 2020
If you don't fall 10 times, then you are not learning it right!
There’s only 20 days to Springtime! There’s only 20 days to Springtime, though the deep blanket of snow covering the road on my way to...
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- Jan 9, 2020
"Rosie the Riveter", the timeless icon
During the World War II, more than six million American women made significant contributions by going to work at plants that produced...
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- Oct 18, 2019
Meet the legendary "Unsinkable Sam"
Let me introduce you the cat who survived 3 sinking ships! It is said that cats have nine lives. If so, there has been one very lucky in...
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- Feb 23, 2019
Brigitte Helm: the woman behind the screen vamp
The cool-eyed screen vamp was lucky enough to act during the glory days of the German film industry. Sometimes I get asked by people I...
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- Nov 18, 2018
Mickey Mouse: 90 and still going strong!
On November 18th 1928 Mickey Mouse was born. Let’s celebrate together his 90th anniversary! Dear Mickey Mouse, you turn 90 years old...
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- Oct 26, 2018
The George Grantham Bain Collection
Taking photos is a hobby that seems to involve many people nowadays. Instagram is full of talented photographers who, thanks to their...
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