Author Archives: Alex Galmeanu

Why Annie Leibovitz is so well known?

To take a picture of John Lennon a few hours before he will die, do you think it is a good reason?

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I have Che Guevara on my t-shirt

This portrait is probably the most well known portrait in the world.

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The Robert Capa’s D-Day

How to make history with a photographic camera.

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just milliseconds before death

This man is not dead yet but he will be in the next few milliseconds.

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marilyn monroe’s rejected pictures

An initially unwanted picture proves to be famous

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the most expensive picture

This is the most expensive picture ever sold

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Atomic Bomb…. brrrr

“Ever wondered what an atomic blast looks like before it obliterates everything around it?

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to stand in a queue philosophy

The queue, this was the big philosophy of the Romanian communism. It was an ordinary thing for everybody to stand in a queue for something those days

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Unirii Square in 1967

Again for those who know the Bucharest very well and are old enough to remember (this is not my case:)), this is the old Unirii Square with Hanul lui Manuc in the background and Unirii Market in the left.Â

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Nicolae Titulescu’s private images

These are very rare private pictures of one of the most important European diplomats before the Second World War.

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