"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...

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...

“One of the biggest, strangest, maddest films in cinema history” — THE GUARDIAN When I was 13 I loved spending the whole Saturday night...

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...

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...

During the World War II, more than six million American women made significant contributions by going to work at plants that produced...

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...

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...

On November 18th 1928 Mickey Mouse was born. Let’s celebrate together his 90th anniversary! Dear Mickey Mouse, you turn 90 years old...

Taking photos is a hobby that seems to involve many people nowadays. Instagram is full of talented photographers who, thanks to their...

I well remember the first time I read about this story: I was sitting in a bar drinkig a delicious cup of cappuccino, with the...

Art Deco can be described as "an assertively modern style that ran to symmetry rather than asymmetry, and to the rectilinear rather than...

To the lovers of beautiful things … you are in the right place! In today’s post I would like to drag you into a world of allure and...

The intensity of the colours used and the oddity of these prints will hit you at first sight. I have a thing for vintage lithographic...

At the end of the XIX Century, the use of advertising posters exploded. These forms of advertisement were not just intended to market a...

Romain de Tirtoff (aka Erté) was born in St Petersburg in 1892. He grew up in a well-to-do upper class family and as a little boy he was...

I honored the fallen enemy by placing a stone on his beautiful grave — Manfred von Richthofen (1892-1918) In my very first post (The...

There have been women in history to which we owe most of the status we have reached today. These reckless women who fought against...