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David Price-Hughes, akg-images London

A child in North Korea, 1989: © akg-images / Pansegrau

North Korean Style

My young niece spent a fair amount of Christmas Day last year blaring out Psy’s Gangnam Style as loudly as she dared and …

Paris (France), 1st Arr., Louvre / Palais du Louvre, (palace of the French kings; built 1546-1868; since 1793 a museum). - English boys on a school trip to France are taking photographs of the Cour Napoléon des Louvre; in the background the Pavillon Turgot. - Photo, 3rd April 1958.

Fringe benefits

I almost missed out on a job with akg-images. The post of picture researcher had already been advertised and the job offered …

The Tailor ('Il Tagliapanni')

To beard or not to beard

“A man with a beard is a man with a secret.” I vividly remember my late grandfather imparting this pearl of wisdom …

7US-M2-1141-6 At a New York party, akg-images / George Mann

Hey, old friend!

“Hello, stranger!” Well, if this blog could speak that’s probably what it would have said this morning when I logged on to …