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The Cottingley Fairies appear in a series of five photographs taken by Elsie Wright (1901–1988) and Frances Griffiths (1907–1986), two young cousins who lived in Cottingley, near Bradford in England. In 1917, when the first two photographs were taken, Elsie was 16 years old and Frances was 9. The pictures came to the attention of writer Sir ...
1853. Henri-Victor Regnault. Sèvres, France. [ 24 ] Valley of the Shadow of Death. 23 April 1855. Roger Fenton. Sevastopol, Crimea. Fenton's pictures during the Crimean War were one of the first cases of war photography, with Valley of the Shadow of Death considered "the most eloquent metaphor of warfare" by The Oxford Companion to the ...
The Solway Firth Spaceman (also known as the Solway Spaceman or the Cumberland Spaceman) is a figure seen in a photograph taken on 23 May 1964 by fireman, photographer and local historian Jim Templeton (13 February 1920 – 27 November 2011). The picture was taken on Burgh Marsh, situated near Burgh by Sands, overlooking the Solway Firth in ...
v. t. e. Spirit photograph by Édouard Isidore Buguet. Spirit photography (also called ghost photography) is a type of photography whose primary goal is to capture images of ghosts and other spiritual entities, especially in ghost hunting. It dates back to the late 19th century.
Hadid has undeniably been the queen of wardrobe mishaps so far this year, with three major moments to date -- and counting! The 20-year-old international model made headlines at the 2017 Cannes ...
Sharbat Gula (Pashto: شربت ګله; born c. 1972) is an Afghan woman who became internationally recognized as the 12-year-old subject in Afghan Girl, a 1984 portrait taken by American photojournalist Steve McCurry that was later published as the cover photograph for the June 1985 issue of National Geographic. The portrait was shot at Nasir ...
Brittany Mahomes is celebrating a cute father-and-son moment! In a post on her Instagram Stories on Wednesday, Sept. 25, the Kansas City Current co-owner, 28, shared a photo of her husband Patrick ...
Babushka Lady. The Babushka Lady is an unidentified woman present during the 1963 assassination of US President John F. Kennedy who might have photographed or filmed the events that occurred in Dallas ’ Dealey Plaza at the time President John F. Kennedy was shot. Her nickname arose from the US Army headscarf she wore, which was similar to ...