History

May 24, 2017

New Digital Archive Features Over 2 Million Photos from the First 100 Years of Photography

In the age of the Internet, the digitization of historical materials has proven to play a crucial role in the preservation and proliferation of cultural heritage. In addition to major museums and large-scale libraries, archives around the world have adopted this practice. This phenomenon has been made particularly apparent by Europeana Collections, an online platform that has digitized over 53 million “artworks, artifacts, books, videos and sounds from across Europe.

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May 3, 2017

Rare Photos of Frida Kahlo as a Young Woman in the 1920s

Today, Frida Kahlo remains one of the most celebrated artists in modern art. In terms of subject matter, Kahlo favored self-portraits and scenes rooted in her Mexican heritage. Given the deeply personal nature of these themes, art historians and art lovers alike are able to learn about Kahlo through her paintings. While studying her art is an excellent way to get to know the artist, this rare collection of photographs also offers an intimate glimpse into her life.

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April 16, 2017

21-Year-Old Breathes New Life into Historic B&W Photos by Adding Color

Brazilian artist Marina Amaral combines her love of history with creativity, creating colorized versions of historic photos. The 21-year-old artist can spend anywhere from a few hours to several months retouching each image in Photoshop. Originally inspired by colorized photographs she'd seen on an internet forum, she decided to try the craft herself. And now, it's become a career.

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April 3, 2017

Buried Box of Photos Reveal Jewish Man’s Perspective from the Lodz Ghetto in WWII

Henryk Ross was one of over 3 million Jews living in Poland at the start of World War II. As a photographer for the Department of Statistics for the Jewish Council (or Judenrat), he was responsible for documenting life in Lodz's Jewish Ghetto during the city's Nazi occupation. Ross had been working as a photojournalist when he and 160,000 Jews were corralled into a small, 1.

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