Tag Archives: history

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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The first Great Masters of Photography in America

Posted on 17/08/2006 by Alex Galmeanu

Two partners in Boston–Albert Sands Southworth and Josiah Johnson Hawes–are today widely considered to be the first great masters of photography in America. Their partnership lasted from 1843 to 1862.

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Bucharest under heavy bombing

Posted on 01/08/2006 by Alex Galmeanu

I just found these images on the net. All the images are of what’s identified as “bomb fall plot” photos.

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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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Old Bucharest …again

Posted on 16/04/2006 by Alex Galmeanu

For the fans of the old Bucharest only… 🙂

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more than “like a virgin”

Posted on 08/04/2006 by Alex Galmeanu

“On 12 February, 1979, a quiet, shy young woman walked into my studio for the first time. She was the nude model for my photography class that evening. She said that she was a dancer, her name was Madonna Ciccone.”

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Why Annie Leibovitz is so well known?

Posted on 31/03/2006 by Alex Galmeanu

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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