Intending to bring Christianity to the remote Auca tribe, five missionaries set out into the jungles in Ecuador. Their mission came to a violent end.
Category: Culture
Siddhartha by Will McBride, 1969
When Twen serialized Siddhartha, Hermann Hesse’s novel of a man’s search for enlightenment, photographer Will McBride was asked to come up with the photos to accompany the serialization.
People are People the World Over, by Ladies Home Journal
John G. Morris, the respected journalist and photo-editor put together an essay depicting how the families across the world were coping in the post-war landscape of change and tumult.
‘How America Lives’ by Ladies Home Journal
“How America Lives” series (HAL) reported on ‘typical’ families in detail: from how it raised its children, participated in community activities, and voted in elections to how it budgeted its money, made ends meet, and coped with crises such as illness and financial troubles. It hired established photographers to spend up to one week living with a family, collecting intimate snapshots.
Monsoon by Brian Brake, 1961
Brian Brake’s photoessay Monsoon had rare honor of appearing in four major news weeklies (LIFE, Paris-Match, Epoca, Queen) over a month.
The Trappists by Andre Kertesz, 1929
Such a look into the lives of the monks who took a vow of silence were rarely allowed, but Andre Kertesz was commissioned for a peek inside ‘the House of Silence’ of the Cistercians in Soligny-la-Trappe in Brittany.
Marilyn’s Last Sitting, 1962
In July 1962, 2571 photographs were taken across three sessions by Bert Stern for Vogue. These are last studio photos of Marilyn Monroe.
Coronation of George V, 1911
George V’s coronation in 1911 had several ‘firsts’: the first to use the newly developed processional route through the Mall and Whitehall; the first to be followed by a thanksgiving service at St Paul’s Cathedral; the first with the iconic balcony appearance by the king — and most importantly, the first to be photographed from inside the abbey.
Pedro Luis Raota
When he died early at the age of 52 in 1986, Pedro Luis Raota was already […]
Nelly | Greece
How do you memorialize someone like Nelly? On one hand, she was a pioneering woman […]