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Ron Galella (1931 – 2022)

  • November 17, 2022

Ron Galella, patron saint of peeping toms, is dead, age 91. . “My idea of […]

Iran Before the Revolution
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Iran Before the Revolution

  • February 13, 2016

Briefly in the 1970s, voluptuous Forouzan represented a liberated Middle Eastern womanhood, the idea which had been extinguished since.

Needle Park | Bill Eppridge
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Needle Park | Bill Eppridge

  • October 10, 2013

In February 1965, LIFE magazine published an extraordinary photo essay on two New York City heroin addicts, John and Karen.

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Neil Armstrong (1930 – 2012)

  • August 25, 2012

Neil Armstrong, a modern explorer and (more importantly for us at IP) the first photographer […]

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Martine Franck (1938 – 2012)

  • August 17, 2012

Martine Franck, Magnum photographer and the second wife of the late Henri Cartier-Bresson, is dead, […]

Smoking Beagles, 1974
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Smoking Beagles, 1974

  • June 30, 2012

It was not her coinage but Mary Beith, who died last month, provided an memorable […]

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Stan Stearns (1935 – 2012)

  • March 4, 2012

Stan Stearns, who took the definitive photograph at John F. Kennedy’s funeral, has died, aged […]

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Lillian Bassman (1917 – 2012)

  • February 18, 2012

Lillian Bassman, a forgotten doyenne of ethereal black-and-white fashion photography of the 60s, has died, […]

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Antony Barrington-Brown (1927-2012)

  • February 13, 2012

Antony Barrington-Brown, who captured the first pictures of Watson and Crick with their original model of […]

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Photography — 2011 in Review

  • December 19, 2011

Iconic Photos bid fond farewells to those we lost in 2011. The big photography news […]

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