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In 1962, American puppeteers Bil and Cora Baird toured India with their marionettes. Their journey became a meeting of two storytelling traditions, Western satire and India’s centuries-old puppet heritage, where humour, craftsmanship, and imagination spoke a shared language.

In the early 1900s, Austrian priest Martin Gusinde journeyed to Tierra del Fuego to live among the Selk’nam, Yamana, and Kawésqar peoples. His 1,200 photographs and sound recordings remain one of the last great records of a vanishing world.

Before she was Marilyn, she was “Mona” — a nineteen year old model earning $10 an hour in Earl Moran’s studio. Those early photos, once just reference material, now reveal the quiet beginnings of Hollywood’s most enduring icon.

A broke writer, a fiery producer, and a word the Mob wanted erased. Discover how The Godfather was made — the deals, the threats, the casting fights, and the brilliance that made it a masterpiece.

Julia Margaret Cameron didn’t just take photographs — she changed what photography could be. With her dreamy soft-focus portraits and emotional intensity, she transformed a mechanical craft into an art form, capturing not just faces but the souls behind them.

Imagine getting a hand-painted seascape as a dinner party favour. In 1887, Ivan Aivazovsky gifted 150 guests just that, miniature masterpieces painted on his own photograph. Discover how the great marine artist blended ego, innovation, and emotion

In the 1930s, Bruce Mozert turned Silver Springs, Florida, into a stage beneath the waves. His underwater photos of cocktail-sipping models and newspaper-reading swimmers made everyday life look magical.

What happens when John Lennon loses a bet to Elton John? One of rock’s greatest nights. In 1974, Lennon hit the stage at Madison Square Garden for his final live performance — a mix of friendship, music, and fate that no fan would ever forget.

Step back into 19th-century Cornwall through the haunting photographs of the Gibson family. From shipwrecks to shopfronts, their images preserve a world shaped by the sea.

German anthropologist Egon von Eickstedt took thousands of portraits in Kerala during the 1920s. His photographs of Adivasi and Dalit communities document lives and traditions, but also reflect the colonial and racial science of their time.

In early 1900s New Orleans, E. J. Bellocq photographed Storyville’s madams and prostitutes – not as clichés, but as women in control of their world. His images reveal wealth, intimacy, and the strange beauty of a district built on vice.

In Victorian times, a rose wasn’t just a rose — it was a message. 🌹 Discover the secret meanings behind every bloom in the gorgeous Alphabet of Floral Emblems, where flowers spoke louder than words.

Peggy Guggenheim turned a tragic start and a vast inheritance into one of the most influential art collections of the 20th century. From Paris to Venice, discover how she changed the face of modern art.

The Ouled Naïl women of Algeria weren’t just dancers in coins—they were self-sufficient, independent women who defied colonial expectations. Discover how their traditions thrived, evolved, and were later misunderstood under French rule.

In the late 1800s, a group of American and Swedish Christians settled in Jerusalem to await the Second Coming—but ended up documenting Middle Eastern life through thousands of stunning photographs. From Bedouin traditions in the Sinai to Jerusalem’s quiet corners, the American Colony Photo Department captured a world on the brink of change. Discover how their spiritual mission became one of the most remarkable visual records of the region’s past.

Before climate warnings and collapse documentaries, one 19th-century artist painted the entire rise and fall of civilisation on five haunting canvases. Step inside Thomas Cole’s The Course of Empire, a visual prophecy where glory turns to ash and nature always has the last word.

Jacob Riis, “Lodgers in a Crowded Bayard Street Tenement–‘Five Cents a Spot'” In 1890, a book titled How the Other Half Lives  introduced...

Portrait of W. A. Mozart by Barbara Krafft Once heard, it lingers. The soaring high C, often a rite of passage for boy trebles, has...

Marlon Brando has his hair and makeup done as he transforms into Don Corleone in the 1972 film "The Godfather." Steve Schapiro/Getty...

Left, a self portrait of Vivian Maier. Right one example of her fantastic street scene In 2007, a young estate agent named John Maloof ...

In the early months of 1972, Britain shimmered under the glitter-dusted spell of Marc Bolan. With corkscrew curls, flamboyant fashion,...

Most people know Victor Hugo as the towering literary figure behind Les Misérables  and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame , a man whose pen...

On a misty morning off the coast of Nagasaki, a concrete island rises suddenly from the sea like a warship adrift in time. Locals call it...

‘He was young and handsome…his mother’s hope.’ He was young and handsome, his mother’s pride and joy, but he died in torment, blind, sick...