Gerald Haynes, Royal Forest of Dean Freeminer 10/09/2012
Kiss me Hardy
Kiss Me Hardy March 27, 1981 – Photograph by George Phillips A Memorable Moment On March 27, 1981, schoolboy Nicholas Hardy met Lady Diana Spencer at Dean Close School in Cheltenham. He asked her, “May I kiss the hand of my future Queen?” The visit took place only weeks before Diana married the Prince of […]
Salvador Dali May 5th, 1959 by George Elam
Salvador Dalí on a Cross-Channel Steamer, 5 May 1959 Photograph by George Elam This striking photograph of Salvador Dalí was taken on 5 May 1959 by Daily Mail photographer George Elam. Dalí is pictured aboard the Maid of Orléans, a Continental steamer crossing the English Channel en route to London. George Elam began his […]
Jim Hutchison January 18th, 1986, ‘Have a heart ref’, Manchester United v Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest player is Nigel Clough who is on his knees pleading innocence with referee John Key. A Tribute to a Life Behind the Lens: Jim Hutchison’s Legacy on Display It’s a rare and beautiful occasion when we get the chance to honor the work of a dedicated newspaperman and photographer—someone who spent years capturing moments that not […]
Celestial Fracture 23/02/2021
Celestial Fracture Saturn Mosaic Annie Maunder Prize Winner 2021 The Celestial Fracture Saturn mosaic won the 2021 Annie Maunder Prize for Image Innovation at the Insight Investment Astronomy Photographer of the Year awards. This striking artwork reimagines Saturn using publicly available space data and creative photographic techniques. The Royal Museums Greenwich host the annual competition, […]
Henri Cartier-Bresson .February 1953
Henri Cartier-Bresson Photograph 1953 Marilyn Stafford’s Rare Portrait of the Street Photography Pioneer This Henri Cartier-Bresson photograph 1953 captures the legendary French photographer through the lens of Marilyn Stafford. Taken in February 1953, the image shows Cartier-Bresson at a pivotal moment in his career, when his influence on modern photography was rapidly expanding. Few photographers […]
March 1954, The Himalayas by Ralph Izzard
The 1954 Daily Mail Himalayas Expedition to Find the Yeti – Ralph Izzard’s Photograph In March 1954, the British newspaper Daily Mail funded an extraordinary expedition to the Himalayas in search of the legendary Yeti, also known as the Abominable Snowman. The newspaper spent the modern-day equivalent of around £1 million on the expedition, which […]
London’s East End
June 1957 Could this be the last photo taken by Picture Post ? Frank got into photography inspired by photographs taken by his Dad who had traveled the world with the Royal Marines. Views of the Far East and of ships of the Royal Navy adorned the home. Photos hung on every wall. Further inspiration […]
The Story Behind: Punch Line by Roger Bamber
‘Thats the way you do it’! It is one of the photographs from a career that spans the golden age of photojournalism. The catalogue of work by work of Roger Bamber is undoubtably among the best produced by a newspaper photographer . Roger landed his first Fleet Street job on the day he arrived […]
Fall of the Berlin Wall: Goodbye to all that.
Fall of the Berlin Wall: Goodbye to All That Germans who lament the unfinished business of reunification might do well to remember how deep the divisions once were—and how far the country has come. The fall of the Berlin Wall remains the defining moment in the collapse of Communism in Europe. Even though the Soviet […]