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A Paradoxical Portrait of War
Photograph by: Unknown Image Source: Wikimedia Commons The photograph you see here is the library section of the famous Holland House in London, which was a popular social and literary center in the...
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The Most Viewed Image Ever
Photograph by: Charles O’Rear Image Source: Wikimedia Commons Reports suggest that till date over a billion people from all over the world have seen this image. It is the default desktop wallpaper for...
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The Making of Free India
Photograph by: Kulwant Roy Image Source: India Photo Archive One of the most iconic records of India’s independence is this rather tense photo, shot at the All India Congress meet in Calcutta, in 1947....
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From the 1800s: War, Tragedy & Staging
Few days after the Battle of Gettysburg (1863) had reached its climax, Alexander Gardner and his assistants arrived at the site to photograph the aftermath. As they made their way through the bloody...
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“Oh, the humanity!”
Photograph by: Gus Pasquarella Image Source: Wikimedia Commons The day was May 7, 1936 and onlookers were mesmerised by the horrific scene that unfolded in front of them. The largest untethered...
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An Emblem of the American Black Worker
Photograph by: Gordon Parks Image Source: U.S. Library of Congress Titled, Washington, D.C. government charwoman (1942), it is one of the most iconic photographs by one of the greatest photographers...
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The Fragility and Suffering of the Human Mind
The year was 1948, when Hugh Welch Diamond, a psychiatrist, saw the potential of photography for medical diagnosis. A superintendent of the women’s ward in the Surrey County Lunatic Asylum, in the...
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Pioneering the Art of Multiple Exposures
The early 19th century saw a massive amount of innovation and new discoveries in science and its various facets. One such pioneer was Étienne-Jules Marey, who was on his own pathbreaking journey in...
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Memoirs of Old Paris
Photograph by: Eugène Atget Image Source: J Paul Getty Museum Eugène Atget tried his hands at more than one vocation before taking up photography and starting his lifelong project of documenting his...
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The Triumph of Davison’s Painterly Aesthetics
Photograph by: George Davison Image Source: Wikimedia Commons The year was 1890 when George Davison, one of the significant figures in the development of pictorial photography, was awarded a medal at...
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The Extraordinary Life of the Mundane
Photograph by: Walker Evans Image Source: The J. Paul Getty Museum Before photographs of everyday still life objects entered mainstream photography, Walker Evans had already commenced work on this...
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I Have a Dream
Image Source: Wikimedia Commons This story was originally published in March 2012. The steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Washington D C, USA were transformed by a great speech delivered on 28 August 1963....
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Story Behind: The Controlled Crashes
Photograph/Unknown Image Source/US Department of Defence The invasion of the Gilberts Islands by Japan in 1941 was the first large scale amphibious assault during the Second World War. Aircraft carrier...
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