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]]>Rock music history starts with these photos. All these rock bands became popular in a year or two after these photos were made. And all of them had hundreds if not thousands of stylish photoshoots then, with professional lights, makeup, and expensive cameras involved. But not on these pictures, which are not even credited because they were made by the band’s friends or relatives when they didn’t believe that photo heroes will become world-famous.
Even more music history photos!
On many of these music history photos of the bands you used to listen to, you’ll find unknown faces, even if you used to think that you know rock music well. Don’t be surprised: bandmembers joined and departed, the lineup changed often. For example, the initial lead vocalist of The Queen left the band because he didn’t believe that Jon Taylor and Brian May will ever produce a good song. He switched to the jazz band instead and finished his musical career a few
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years later. The Rolling Stones started as a band of five members, while you may know them as quartets. The Pink Floyd starts with Sid Barret as a vocalist, who left the band after Gilmore joined the team. Now this history of rock music stays in photos.
And there’s one thing which connects all these music history photos: integrity—a pure young-hood, raw talents, without layers added by popularity, producers, and labels.
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AC\DC, 1978: This photo was taken in Sydney, 5 years after the band was founded, and two years before their first hit album “Highway to hell.” Vocalist and song co-writer Bon Scott is still here: he’ll pass away in two years because of alcohol poisoning.
This photo of AC\DC looks even younger. Circa 1969
Aerosmith, 1973: This photo in New York was taken a few months after its first album release. Originally formed in Boston, the band recorded their song “Dream on” in NYC this year.
Black Sabbath, 1970: band released two albums in 1970th: “Black Sabbath” and “Paranoid.” This photo was taken between records sessions. Though it received a negative critical response, the album was a commercial success, leading to Paranoid’s follow-up record.
Deep Purple, 1968: this photo was made in May, in London, where bandmates recorded their debut album. It will top the UK chart and hit the 4th position in the US in just four months.
Depeche Mode, 1981: originally founded by Michael Gore and Andy Fletcher in 1977, the band changed its name several times until they gained David Gahan in 1980, and recorded their first album “Speak and spell” in 1981, which brought Depeche Mode on the top of the new wave.
And this photo of Depeche Mode. Dave Gahan is so young…
Kiss, 1973: The started as Wicked Lester but renamed to “Kiss” in 1973 when guitarist Ace Frehley joined the band. The most bizarre photos in the rock history of the 70s picture this band.
Metallica, 1983: the band was formed in Los Angeles in late 1981 when Danish-born drummer Lars Ulrich placed an advertisement in a Los Angeles newspaper, The Recycler, which read, “Drummer looking for other metal musicians to jam with Tygers of Pan Tang, Diamond Head, and Iron Maiden.”Guitarists James Hetfield and Hugh Tanner of Leather Charm answered the advertisement.
It may seem that this photo of Metallica was taken during their school years.
Pink Floyd, 1968: the tipping point time of the band. David Gilmour has already joined them, and Syd Barret hasn’t left yet. In several months Barret will depart for the solo career, and Gilmour will lead Floyd to its golden age.
Red Hot Chilly Peppers, 1984: formed by classmates at Fairfax High School in 1983, the band consisted of singer Anthony Kiedis, guitarist Hillel Slovak, bassist Flea, and drummer Jack Irons. Los Angeles never received such love from a single rock band since The Doors times.
Sex Pistols, 1977: This photo was made in the mid-1977 when Sid Vicious has replaced Glen Matlock. Genius managed by Malcolm McLaren, the band has a bombshell effect, changing the rock landscape forever. “Rock is sick and lives in London” was a headline for a cover story in the Rolling Stone magazine covering Sex Pistols phenomena.
Another early photo of The Sex Pistols
The Beatles, 1957: Sir Paul McCartney is 15 on this photo, brought by parents to participate in a no-name band performance somewhere in Liverpool. Rock music history starts with this photo.
U2, 1979: In 1976, Larry Mullen Jr., then a 14-year-old student at Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Dublin, Ireland, posted a note on the school’s notice board in search of musicians a new band. Six people responded and met at his house on 25 September. Set up in the kitchen, Mullen was on drums, with Paul Hewson (“Bono”) on lead vocals; David Evans (“the Edge”) and his older brother Dik Evans on guitar; Adam Clayton, a friend of the Evans brothers, on bass guitar;
And this U2 photo
Van Halen, 1972: Edie Van Halen formed his band in 1971, and took him 10 years to become one of the most popular and influential rock groups in the US. If Mozart was alive in the 20th century, his name was Van Halen, The Roling Stone magazine wrote at the beginning of the 80s.
Rolling Stones, 1962: it’s their first performance ever. So many albums, titles, and outsold concerts lay before them. How can you imagine music history without this photo?
Young members of The Rolling Stones
The Doors, 1965: the band was formed this year, and believe it or not, not so many rock performers were brave enough to list a keyboardist among the bandmembers. Ray Manzarek was such a keyboardist. A genius behind Jim Morrisson’s charisma who fueled the band’s success.
The Police, 1977: The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977. For most of their history, the line-up consisted of primary songwriter Sting (lead vocals, bass guitar), Andy Summers (guitar), and Stewart Copeland (drums, percussion). The Police became globally popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Emerging in the British new wave scene, they played a rock style influenced by punk, reggae, and jazz. Considered one of the Second British Invasion leaders of the U.S., in 1983, Rolling Stone labeled them “the first British New Wave act to a breakthrough in America on a grand scale, and possibly the biggest band the world.
The Smiths
The Prodigy
The Cure
SODOM
Sepultura
R.E.M.
Napalm Death
Mayhem
Manic Street Preachers
Judas Priest
Iron Maiden
Green Day
Def Leppard
Bee Gees
Beastie Boys
Anthrax
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The most expensive photographs list is very different from The most important pictures, or even from Pulitzer Prize photos. Almost all of these images are excellent samples of world-class photography. But there’s no obvious reason for paying this much for some of them. Not all of these most expensive photographs are exactly old. And we at Oldpics are strictly avoiding pictures that younger than 1995. Well, it’s a shame, but sometimes we are forced to publish some fresh images from 2011 when they come in a mix list with pictures from 1880. Sorry for this.
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“Dovima and elephants.”
Photographer: Richard Avedon
Year: 1955
Sold for $1,151,976
What’s Going On in This Picture: The famous American photographer Richard Avedon masterfully cooperated with the best models. Actually, anyone could be his model. Avedon had some excellent pictures of the miners, politicians, and movie stars. And this photo is an example of the highest level of aesthetics that Avedon managed to achieve in fashion photography.
The top model of the 1950s Dovima poses for the photographer in a Christian Dior dress, surrounded by select, stylish, young elephants. The shoot was in Paris, of course. Well, if there’s a place for a fashion photo among the most expensive photographs, then it should be Richard Avedon. This photo is among others in the Top 100 most important pictures in history.
“Cowboy”
Photographer: Richard Prinze
Year: 1989
Sold for $ 1,248,000
What’s Going On in This Picture: Well, it’s an interesting one! The fact is that “Cowboy,” strictly speaking, is not an author’s photograph. American artist Richard Prince only photographed a fragment of an old Marlboro advertisement from a magazine. But, as you can see, there was a buyer for such a sample of contemporary art. Well, it was a generous buyer. This shot also hit the Top 100 most important pictures in history for its pop culture value.
“Hands”
Photographer: Alfred Stiglitz
Year: 1919
Sold for $ 1,470,000
What’s Going On in This Picture: The love affair between photographer Alfred Stiglitz and artist Georgia O’Keeffe became one of the most fruitful and picturesque alliances of the 20th century. Stiglitz regularly photographed his muse, O’Keeffe. In many cases, she was nude. But the frame that immortalized the artist’s sensual hands was monetized at the top level. For those interested, here’s our publication about their love story and the best photos by maestro Stiglitz.
Billy, the Kid
Photographer: unknown
Year: 1879 or 1880
Sold for $ 2,300,000
What’s Going On in This Picture: American criminal Billy the Kid committed his first crime at 18. His life was bright and short, as the sheriff shot him at the age of 21. During this short time, Billy managed to make a career as a cult criminal. His dead shot record had more than twenty souls, and he was a symbol of the Wild West. This photo is the oldest one among the most expensive photographs.
This picture was believed to be the only image of Billy the Kid. Recently researches found a second picture in which Billy and his gang members play croquet.
“Untitled. # 153 “
Photographer: Cindy Sherman
Year: 1985
Sold for $ 2,700,000
What’s Going On in This Picture: One of the most famous artists globally, Cindy Sherman, always preferred staged photography. Her photos turn American pop culture inside out, making it unsettling and frightening. Cindy prefers “Untitled” to all names, giving such a basic character with only a serial number.
“Pond. Moonlight”
Photographer: Edward Steichen
Year: 1904
Sold for $ 2,928,000
What’s Going On in This Picture: Here is a story of the impressionist artist who decided to retrain as a photographer. In general, Edward Steichen’s professional career was impressive. The photographer taught the basics of aerial photography to soldiers during WWI. He created several portraits of movie stars in the 1920s, and those images’ technique still helps to teach photo students nowadays. But on our list was Steichen’s landscape.
It’s one of the first autochrome technique experiments in photo history. “Pond. Moonlight” is also a fine sample of pictorial photography, and it hit the Top 100 most important images in history.
You make like this collection of Leonard Misonne, founder of pictorial photography.
“Conversation of the Fallen Soldiers”
Photographer: Jeff Wall
Year: 1992
Sold for $ 3,665,500
What’s Going On in This Picture: Jeff Wall always specialized in creating staged photographs that look like Pulitzer News shots. He took this photo far away from the real trenches. Real events inspired Jeff Wall in Afghanistan, and here’s a story. Soviet soldiers were killed by the explosion but resurrected and looking around their mutilated bodies. By the way, this photo Russians didn’t allow this photo to participate in the exhibition as it was politically unreliable.
“Untitled. # 96 “
Photographer: Cindy Sherman
Year: 1981
Sold for $ 3,890,500
What’s Going On in This Picture: Oh, and here’s another work by Cindy Sherman! At number 96. Please note on the Untitled series occupies a place in the Top 100 list. Ironically, the most important image by Sherman is not among the most expensive photographs.
Here are some more amazing photographs by Cindy Sherman.
“Rhine II”
Photographer: Andreas Gursky
Year: 1999
Sold for $ 4,338,500
What’s Going On in This Picture: Here it is, the most expensive photo in the world! You may be surprised, amazed, and outraged. Now you will be surprised, amazed and indignant even more: photographer Andreas Gursky photoshopped this photo. He removed unnecessary elements that, in his opinion, ruined the harmonious appearance of the river.
He removed the port facilities and a power station in the background and a dog breeder with a dog in the foreground. “Paradoxically, I couldn’t capture this view of the Rhine, and refinement was necessary to provide an accurate image of the modern river,” Gursky explained in an interview. But he can’t convince us. We still think it would be more fun with a power plant and a dog!
“Ghost”
Photographer: Peter Lick
Year: 2011
Sold for $ 6,500,000
What’s Going On in This Picture: There is also a color version of this photo, but it was the monochrome version sold at the auction. The picture was taken in Antelope Canyon in northern Arizona. This cave is a godsend for photographers. The dust hovering in the rays of light creates wondrous silhouettes that, at the moment, resembles a real ghost. Photographer Peter Leek is Australian, but his work can be found in personal collections of the American presidents to the Rolling Stones band members.
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If the Falkland island penguins read the Minefield sign, they wouldn’t start this party here. Yes, it seems like PETA activists don’t teach penguins to read?
This picture is quite old, but, believe us, there are not so many photographers in this world who want to take pictures of penguins in a Falkland island minefield. And yes, some of those who tried it got to the better world, probably.
Far Falkland island
Where should we start: with history or geography? So, there are thirteen Falkland Islands, but only two of them are populated. Almost all of the 2800 locals live in the town of Port Stanley. This picture of Falkland island minefield and penguins was taken quite nearby.
How to turn the penguins land into the minefield
In 1982 the government of Argentina was looking for some option to regain its popularity among the voters. Numerous military coups and the economic crisis weakened the country, and a prompt military campaign looked like a viable option. They decided to capture the British Falkland Islands while the Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher, was a prime minister in the UK. Not the best idea to reclaim this worthless patch of mud in the middle of the ocean. The Brits won, and after three months, the Argentine troops surrendered. All that they left for locals was a minefield.
Argentina planted about 25 thousand mines, and demining was almost impossible due to the soil and landscape’s peculiarities. But the animals benefited from mines since people do not prevent them from breeding here. The rare case when animals are happy with what people’s armies do.
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Yes, this minefield is not dangerous.
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Princess Diana dance surprised her husband, Prince Charles, the royal family, and even the paparazzi.
All girls dream of becoming princesses. And what about a girl who is already a princess? She dreams of becoming a ballerina! This was done by Lady Diana, daughter of the 8th Earl of Spencer.
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This dream hadn’t come to anything. The aristocratic origin (the count would hardly have been glad to see his daughter in the ballet troupe) was a problem. Add Diana’s height of 178 cm, which is not welcome too.
But the princess still found a way to make her dream come true. And it’s not about the legendary dance of Princess Diana with John Travolta at the White House.
It all happened during the Christmas show at the Royal Theater, Covent Garden on December 25, 1985. Diana left the royal box “for a second.”
To the surprise of her husband Charles and other royal family members, a second later, Diana appeared on stage. She was accompanied by a dancer and choreographer, Wayne Slip.
Diana and Wayne performed Wayne’s fiery and masterful dance to Billy Joel’s “Uptown Girl.”
How could Princess Diana keep dance preparations in secret?
The entire royal family was shocked. Even the paparazzi didn’t expect such a surprise. After all, the newspapers reported on Diana’s every step. But the princess managed to keep her preparations for the performance in secret for two months.
Wayne recalled later that he and Diana got encores for eight times. One of the bows is traditionally intended for the royal box, which the dancer whispered about in the princess’s ear. “I will not bow before them. My husband is there,” snapped Diana. Meanwhile, the princess easily knelt for the rest of the audience.
We bring to your attention rare photos of the legendary Princess Diana dance.
Diana chooses a popular song ‘Uptown Girl’ by Billy Joel for her performance.
Lady Di kept it all in secret for two months.
Even the paparazzi were not ready for such a surprise.
Diana made an excellent performance on that day.
We still don’t know what the reaction of the Queen was
Yes, Princess Diana always dreamt of a dance career
Prince Charles admitted that his wife has many talents
Diana refused to bow in front of the royal box
But she kneeled easily before the public
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Young Quentin Tarantino got his job in video rental in 1985. His office was near one of the main beaches in Los Angeles.
Oldpics published quite a few photo sets of the young outstanding people. Usually they were politicians, like Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin or Mao Zedong. And now the time has come to feature young photos of the great movie director.
Quentin loved this job. He watched his favorite movies, distributed his favorite movies. He also had a great colleague – Roger Avery. They became friends. Avery co-wrote the scripts for “Reservoir Dogs” and “Pulp Fiction” and got an Oscar for it.
In this picture young Quentin Tarantino is standing at the rental’s desk and it’s not 1985. We can clearly distinguish a poster of the 1986 Top Gun movie. Sid&Nancy movie poster also signals that this photo was taken later.
VHS films were released a few months after the end of the box office. So we may guess that this picture of young Quentin Tarantino was taken in 1987.
Quentin will quit his rental office job very soon. He spent his spare time writing scripts, shooting a self-made black and white movie “My Best Friend’s Birthday”. In two years, he will sell his first script for $ 30,000.
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That’s how Moscow, a Soviet capital, looked like before the USSR collapsed.
In 1986, Roger George Clark, a casual photographer from the UK, arrived in Moscow. He wandered the streets for a long time and took plenty of excellent pictures of the Soviet lifestyle.
He returned to the Soviet Moscow a year later, in the summer of 1987. The city impressed him with the lunch breaks in restaurants, the poor selection of goods in the stores, and signature Soviet queues. Clarke claims he even saw a queue of people who were waiting to take their place in the queue at the mausoleum of the Soviet leader Lenin at Red Square.
You can compare these photos to some of the vintage pictures of New York.
Compare this 1980s pictures of Moscow with the famous 1950s series.
Oldpics publishes pictures of Soviet Moscow with the original captions and remarks by Roger George Clark.
Here you can check what Moscow looked like in the 1950s.
A man with a bear at the Soviet Moscow street. It was a decent attraction in the late 1980s.
The relationships between East and West improved dramatically in the 1980s. There was no longer the feeling that foreigners are banned from Russia as it was for decades before.
A soviet family is eating an ice-cream just on the pavement. There were not enough cafes and restaurants in the late soviet Moscow.
You have to be ready to walk a lot if you want to see the Soviet Moscow. When you dive into the subway or ride a tram or bus, go to shops, cafes, and parks, you will learn a lot about Russian people.
A Moscow backyard, 1987
Clarkes had mixed impressions of Moscow residents. On the one hand, he found the Soviet people open and friendly.
A little girl, 1986
“Early in the evening, when I was walking down the street on October 25, I met two young cadets. They carried red carnations. Can I take a photo of them? No problem. To my surprise, they spoke English, and we chatted for a couple of minutes. I took some pictures and released one of the best portraits from Moscow trips. They were friendly and relaxed. And this was true during most of my time in Moscow. I found that I could wander with the camera and take pictures of what I liked and how I liked it. Just like in the UK. “
A magnificent building of the Central Store of Soviet Moscow. It’s something similar to nowadays shopping malls.
On the other hand, the conditions in which Soviet people lived disappointed a photographer.
A sample of the glorious Stalin’s architecture. The major part of the Moscow buildings didn’t look that fancy.
And the queues … Did you queue up for the train, did you queue for the museum, did you queue up at the store? The line was a national tradition. There were two lines to the Lenin’s tomb – a line for a line.
An old church, 1987
The lack of merchandise in stores was terrible. The Central Store at the Red Square sold only products that you could find in a shabby street market. If everything was so bad at the most important store in Russia, then how was it elsewhere. The shelve samples were useless, and the packaging was dull.
Father is spending his time in a Moscow restaurant with his daughters.
The poor goods selection and poor quality reminded me of post-war London. That was a short period of austerity when everything was in short supply. The consumer boom never happened in the Soviet Union. “
Buyers are looking for something decent in the Central Store, Moscow, 1987.
VDNH is the Soviet version of the 1951 UK festival, or, more precisely, the world trade fair of the 1930s. Masses of models and diagrams in huge pavilions. Nuclear power, electricity, space travel, agriculture, etc. And fountains abound. Thousands of people crowded the exhibit. Families enjoyed the day off, young men in jeans and soldiers in military uniforms. The exhibition showed how communism was supposed to look, but it was a utopia. It was a monument to the communist future, which will not exist. The exhibition felt strongly provincial and outdated. The exhibits looked impressive, but there was no style and sophistication – everything is unfinished.
A crowded location of the VDNH. It’s an analog of the Fairies that were held in Europe before WWII.
This provincialism – this lack of elegance – manifested itself throughout Moscow. It was hard to believe that this was the capital of the second most powerful country on earth. The masonry collapsed, and the paint on buildings peeled off. Between the vast modern quarters were hundreds of 18th and 19th-century mansions and houses in Moscow, with mysterious courtyards, shaded trees, and even the occasional wooden building from ancient times. Gorky Park looked abandoned. No pop and folk art, as you see in the UK. The cafe looked boring. The public vending machines with a couple of glasses to share with other customers made me shudder. Tell them about hygiene! People came up, took such a glass, rinsed with cold water, and drank from it!
A street artist at work
Donskoy Monastery. The historical heritage fell into desolation and collapsed. It was evident that during all the years of Soviet power, nothing was repaired.
The doors of the ancient monastery. Religious buildings were in a poor state as USSR didn’t tolerate the religion in any way.
Apart from space rockets, there was nothing futuristic here. Something was terribly wrong. The melancholic air hung over the city even in summer, and my camera captured it. However, people spoke more freely with foreigners and didn’t mind to pose for a photo.
This sculpture was located at one of the Moscow cemeteries.
The resident of the late soviet Moscow
The premium soviet car decorated with a toy
That’s how older people looked like in USSR
The guard on the Red Square
That’s how central store shelves looked like. The selection of the goods was very poor.
That’s the best-looking souvenir in the largest central store in soviet Moscow.
Students of the Military School
Soviet people are spending their time at one of the Moscow fountains.
Soviet Moscow residents are gazing at the architectural decoration.
Soldiers are crossing one of the central streets of Moscow.
One of the most luxurious Soviet cars.
Moscow teenagers are gazing at the concert billboard.
Lawnmower in Soviet Moscow
Kids in their national suits. They belong to some southern nationalities of the USSR
It’s not a special photo effect. It’s just a building on the central Moscow street that slightly collapsed
It seems like chess was a popular game among the residents of Moscow in 1980s
Garbage cleaner at the Soviet Moscow street welcomed the British photographer
An average Moscow dad with kids
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The meeting of Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan in Geneva in 1985 was long-awaited. The picture looks somewhat dark. But this gloomy and solemn-looking photograph actually symbolizes a warming point in international politics. Finally, the leaders of the USSR and the United States have thawed out after the long years of the Cold War and stepped towards each other.
Gorbachev and Reagan managed to reload the relationships of two nuclear-weaponed states. Not so long ago, Reagan called the USSR an “evil empire,” and it seemed that the world was on the verge of a nuclear war. However, the world was on the brink so many times after WWII that it seemed like everyone got used to this risky state of life and stopped worrying. And here you are: the year of 1985, Geneva, Reagan has a nice conversation with Gorbachev.
Margaret Thatcher convinced Ronald Reagan of the adequacy of the new Soviet ruler. The British Prime-minister visited Moscow a few months before and spent a lot of time with Mikhail Gorbachev. That was a key prerequisite for this summit. Of course, the conversion of Gorbachev and Reagan was held with translators’ assistance. In this historical photo, the leaders of the countries are talking to them.
The nuclear matter
US President Ronald Reagan aimed the 50 percent reduction in nuclear weapons of the Soviet Union. Gorbachev responded to president Reagan and his colleagues that the US SDI project is in the way of a 50% reduction. The American administration had to do something with it, otherwise, it will not be possible to achieve a nuclear weapon cut.
Soviet and US leaders met several times during the Cold war. Nikita Khrushchev and Dwight Eisenhower met several times in the 1950s, including Camp David’s famous meeting in 1959. Later, in the 1970s, President Gerald Ford visited Vladimir Brezhnev in Moscow. But none of that summits were as efficient as a meeting of Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan in Geneva.
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You may ask how this is even possible. Here’s a story. The torpedo hit the side of the Soviet K-178 submarine due to the training accidents. The command of the diesel submarine B-454 forgot to turn off the homing system before firing a remote-controlled torpedo while doing a training exercise. They realized that something was up after the projectile did not surface at the intended location. They saw a Soviet submarine surfaced instead of the torpedo, and its commander alarmed for the help.
The submarine crew removed the torpedo pretty quickly. Thank god, it was a training sample (striped one), not a real one. Both submarine and torpedo required the repairs.
In general, we have to admit that this fascinating photo and its history are shrouded in legends. One of them goes back to the turbulent 1990s in Russia. The now-Russian army was selling everything out, including remote-controlled torpedoes. This image served as an excellent advertising photo.
Two more images from the scene help assess the situation from all angles.
Thank god, it was a training torpedo.
It was an accident during the training exercise.
Unusual usage of Soviet submarines
Early in WWII, the Soviet Navy irregularly used submarines as transports for small squads of soldiers. In general, they were saboteurs and “agents” and confined cargo. This status changed when German troops began the siege of the Crimean harbor of Sevastopol. When Soviet defenses fell in the Crimea in the fall of 1941, about 110,000 soldiers, sailors, and marines outlived in the beleaguered port. Soviet ships and submarines, running a gauntlet of bombs and shells, brought men, munitions, and supplies into the city.
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With this photo of Baby Jessica, Oldpics starts a new section of Pulitzer Prize-winning pictures. We aim to highlight the most excellent images in the history of this prestigious award, adding some noteworthy facts and stories behind.
Oldpics had already covered some of the Pulitzer-winning photos before while covering the Top 100 most influential photos in history. ‘Saigon Execution’ by Eddie Adams and ‘The Allende Last Stand’ are the most excellent examples. But there’s plenty of other outstanding images that Pulitzer jury selected during the decades of their work.
How Pulitzer photo award appeared.
The Pulitzer Prize has a long, more than 100 years of history. It was established by the world-famous newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer. His breakthrough publications New York World and St. Louis Post-Dispatch, reinvented newspaper journalism. Pulitzer implemented a lot of innovation in the publishing business, including the university level of journalistic education.
Joseph Pulitzer defined “four awards in journalism, four in drama, one in education, and four traveling scholarships.” Nowadays, the jury announces winners of the Pulitzer award each April annually. Although, the first winner received his prize on June 4, 1917.
The story of ‘Baby Jessica’ photo
Scott Shaw captured this picture 33 years ago, at the end of the 58-hour baby-saving campaign. There were numerous cameramen from the top publications, CNN was covering the incident non-stop. But Scott Shaw had the luckiest angle and the best moment so that his ‘Baby Jessica’ photo won Pulitzer prize that year.
This photo was the final accord during the saving of 18-month-old Jessica McClure, who fell down an 8-inch-diameter well shaft in Midland, Texas. Reporters named her “Baby Jessica.”
The rescue force had almost no time to act. But the rock in the ground and the lack of necessary equipment complicated matters. The ultimate strategy to penetrate a shaft next to the well and then a tunnel to her location ended up taking until Oct. 16 to accomplish. Press reported that Baby Jessica was singing “Winnie the Pooh” songs from time to time, confirming worried bystanders she was still breathing.
In the end, of course, paramedic Robert O’Donnell of the Midland Fire Department saved Baby Jessica. He passed through the tunnel, picked McClure from the well, and handed her to assistant paramedic Steve Forbes.
This photo reminds us of one of the most excellent pictures by Eugene Smith: ‘Soldier holding a baby.’ Luckily, the Japanese bombs were not exploding while Baby Jessica saving campaign.
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This bear tends to review the WW2 results, as we may guess.
Kaliningrad was a city of Kenigsberg once and became a USSR enclave after the WW2. The large portion of the Russian army and fleet were located in Kaliningrad. There’s nothing special when you see a large group of Soviet military in the zoo, theatre, or any other entertainment location. It was a common practice to grab soldiers and bring them to whatever cultural event to entertain and boost the morale. But this white bear seems to dislike either this soviet practice or just warm weather. We guess this animal would rather relocate to the location of this kind.
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