John H. White (born 1945 in Lexington, North Carolina) is an American photojournalist, recipient of a Pulitzer Prize in 1982. After working for the Chicago Daily News, White joined the staff of the Chicago Sun Times in 1978 and worked there until May 2013.[2] White also teaches photojournalism at Columbia College Chicago,...
Alfonse Van Besten: Autochrome Photos (1910s)
Alfonse Van Besten (1865-1926) was a painter and took full advantage of the possibilities of the new colour process. One can see that many of his autochromes were taken with a “painterly eye” e.g. Musing (Mrs.Van Besten) and Symphony in white. It was evident that he had a very good...
Vintage Photochroms of Rome c. 1890
Photochrom, also called the Aäc process, is a process for producing colorized images from black-and-white photographic negatives via the direct photographic transfer of a negative onto lithographic printing plates. The process is a photographic variant of chromolithography, a broader term that refers to color lithography in general. Rome is the capital of...
Streets of Paris in 1960
France emerged from World War II in the 1960s, rebuilding the country physically and the nation's national identity through the French Fifth Republic. Under the leadership of President Charles de Gaulle (1959–1969), France regained its great power status. Charles Weever Cushman was born in Poseyville, Indiana, on July 30, 1896....
Edward S. Curtis: Indians of North America
Beginning in 1900, Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) set out on a monumental quest to create an unprecedented, comprehensive record of the Indians of North America. The culmination of his 30-year project led to his magnum opus, The North American Indian, a twenty-volume, twenty-portfolio set of handmade books containing a selection...
Vintage color: Everyday Life in Japan from 1949-1951
Collection of rare Kodachrome slides taken by an unknown US Navy Commander stationed in Japan from 1949 to 1951. via m20wc51
Streets of City of London in 1976
The 1970s was a traumatic decade for London. Changes in global trade disrupted all sectors of the economy. As docks and factories closed, so inner city London developed a landscape of dereliction and decay. The IRA bombing campaign brought fear to the capital's streets. The population was shrinking and unemployment...
Vintage color: City Life of Hong Kong in 1976
Collection of rare Kodachrome slides taken by an unknown US Navy Commander in Hong Kong in 1976. via m20wc51
Luxury Sunbathing captured by Vogue (1940s and 1950s)
Vogue archive capture the classic feminine essence and luxury sunbathing in 1940 and 1950s.
People Riding Motorcycles on the Streets in Vietnam in 1969
Photo collection of people riding motorcycles on the streets of Nha Trang in Vietnam in 1969. via ElectroSpark