This photo captured the moments of the life of the Chilean president Salvador Allende during the military coup in 1973. He will kill himself a few hours later, avoiding the dishonor of capture by rebelling militarians. “I’m sacrificing my life for the values of the people of Chile”, Allende said before his death. Allende won…
The Molotov man: the Nicaragua photos of Susan Meiselas
This photo is the best-known picture of Susan Meiselas that she brought from her trip to Nicaragua, and it was rightly picked by Time magazine to be one of 100 influential photos in history. Just look at this Molotov Man: raw revolutionary romanticism is filling each pixel of this picture. He looks like Che Guevara…
Mick Jagger at his 29th birthday party, New York 1972
Mick Jagger’s party at St.Regis Roof made some noise back on July 26th, 1972, and was covered even by the New York Times paper. Keith Richards and Bob Dylan are on this photo too, but they were not the only celebrities present at this party. The guest list consisted of various celebrities of that time:…
Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, drinking whiskey, Indianapolis, IN, 1975
Jimmy Page said once that rock’n’roll music and whiskey are inseparable. And it really was so for a musician, and the whole Led Zeppelin band, in during their glorious 1975 US tour. The huge tour success was pictured by the Rolling Stone magazine that called this period“ A Year of Led Zeppelin”. That’s a real…
Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley and Paul Stanley in Central Park, New York City, 1974
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Cats Waiting for Fishermen to Return, Greece, 1970s
Famous heartwarming photo of cats waiting for fishermen, who used to feed fluffy friends. The fisherman, who’s name was Dimitrios Pakalidis, said that feeding cats was a kind of ritual for him and other masters of the pole and nets. “Big fish had sold be sold imminently, but what to do with small ones?… Cats…