Category Archives: legendary pictures

Dali Atomicus

Posted on 25/03/2007 by Alex Galmeanu

It took 26 tries and over five hours to have this image done. Philippe Halsman made this picture in 1948 and the subject was Salvador Dali himself. Of course, all that you see in the image was an real act in front … Continue reading →

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The new most expensive picture

Posted on 22/03/2007 by Alex Galmeanu

“99Cent” by Andreas Gursky, chromogenic color print, 81 1/2 by 132 inches, numbered 6/6, 1999 was sold with the amount of 3,3 millions $. The old record was only 2,9 millions $.

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Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima

Posted on 26/02/2007 by Alex Galmeanu

If you’ll make a top of the world’s most important war pictures, this Pulizer wining image will be on the first place for sure. For Americans, if they have to describe “patriotism” in a single picture, this will be more than enough.

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Antonescu’s last pictures

Posted on 21/02/2007 by Alex Galmeanu

I’m sure that some of you already know the pictures and the history of this man but I have to publish these images here anyway. It is very strange for me to see the eyes of a man who will … Continue reading →

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The right man at the right moment.

Posted on 07/02/2007 by Alex Galmeanu

Hindenburg was the pride of the Nazi Germany. Build by Zeppelin company this was the biggest flying machine of those times and the safest. Started from Frankfurt, Germany and ended in Manchester, New Jersey, USA, the flight was the first transatlantic … Continue reading →

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James Dean on Times Square

Posted on 17/10/2006 by Alex Galmeanu

It started out as an assignment and become a legacy. In 1955, the young Magnum photographer Dennis Stock accompanied the rising star James Dean in various locations from US. The resulting photographs would prove to be the best and the … Continue reading →

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The Story of The World’s First Picture

Posted on 05/10/2006 by Alex Galmeanu

If you are going to live the year of 2026, you must remember that you have to celebrate this first picture and the first 200 years of photography. The world of Photography started with one picture and this picture is considered … Continue reading →

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The earliest photograph of a human figure on paper

Posted on 18/08/2006 by Alex Galmeanu

How is it to be the first human figure on a photographic image? First ever photographed and printed on a photographic paper, it is something or not?

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men on the moon

Posted on 23/04/2006 by Alex Galmeanu

Neil Armstrong, commander of the Eagle (Lunar Module), was the first man to set foot on the moon. He was shortly followed by the pilot, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin. One of the many memorable images taken at the time was that … Continue reading →

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The death of Kennedy’s killer

Posted on 17/04/2006 by Alex Galmeanu

Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of the US president J.F. Kennedy, is escorted to the Dallas City Jail as nightclub owner Jack Ruby shot him in front of the policemen and the press. Oswald died shortly after, taking with him the … Continue reading →

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