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Photographer Who Took Famous Photo of Oppenheimer Honored With Statue
1+ hour, 45+ min ago (112+ words) According to Westcott's Wikipedia entry, the portrait of Oppenheimer is hailed for depicting a weary-looking Oppenheimer just a year after his incredible scientific breakthrough effectively ended World War II. "When he met with Oppenheimer, Westcott learned that the physicist wanted a…...
The Hidden History of a British Female Photographer Turned Soviet Agent
2+ day, 36+ min ago (184+ words) Pesala Bandara is an award-winning journalist and writer whose stories have graced the front pages of newspapers and magazines. Her work has appeared in The Daily Mail, The Times of London, and The New York Post. Aside from journalism, Pesala…...
Secret WWII Resistance Photo Album Found Beneath Apartment Floorboards
5+ mon, 3+ day ago (220+ words) [A collection of old, yellowed photographs and documents, including a black-and-white portrait of a man with a serious expression, arranged on a table, showing signs of age and water damage.]A secret cache of World War II photographs of the…...
Only Known Photos of Hamburg's Jewish Deportation Discovered in Secret Album
5+ mon, 4+ day ago (290+ words) [A black-and-white photo showing a group of people standing outside a building with piles of luggage and bags on the sidewalk; some individuals look towards the entrance while others wait or stand nearby.]The only known photographs of the deportation…...
This Daredevil Aerial Photographer From the 1920s Was Also a Photoshop Pioneer
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (173+ words) [A black and white image split in two: on the left, the Christ the Redeemer statue atop Corcovado Mountain in Rio de Janeiro; on the right, a vintage airplane flies above a historic city with a large castle.]Alfred Buckham…...
Returning Prisoner of War in Iconic "Burst of Joy" Photo Dies at 92
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (403+ words) [A young girl runs with open arms toward a uniformed man, likely her father, at an airport while other smiling family members follow joyfully behind her.]Colonel Robert L. Stirm, the subject of a famous Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph, has died at…...
'Army Men' Figure of Pioneering Combat Photographer Helps Kids Process War
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (238+ words) In a recent interview with American Journal of Play, Mc Carty explains the impact that play had on him as a child. "My childhood was challenging at times, and long before I understood anything about play therapy, I learned to…...
War Photographer Explains How a 70-200mm Lens May Have Saved His Life
8+ mon, 2+ day ago (326+ words) Silva, who is the last working member of the legendary Bang-Bang Club, donated his destroyed 70-200mm and camera body to the Museum at The Times, the official history museum for The New York Times. Silva was on commission for The Times…...
Priceless Painting Stolen by Nazis Discovered in Background of Real Estate Photo
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (307+ words) The 18th century painting Portrait of a Lady (Contessa Colleoni) by Italian artist Giuseppe Ghislandi by Italian painter Giuseppe Ghislandi was taken by the Nazis from Dutch-Jewish art dealer Jacques Goudstikker in 1940. The Old Master painting was never recovered, even as…...
80 Years On, The Photos of the Hiroshima Bombing Still Shock
8+ mon, 4+ week ago (240+ words) Eighty years ago on August 6, 1945, the Enola Gay aircraft dropped a 9, 000-pound uranium-235 bomb named "Little Boy" on the city of Hiroshima " devastating it and the lives of hundreds of thousands. "We did not know what type of bomb we…...