The Wild East
Living in Berlin one cannot escape history. The history of Germany in the 20th century is everywhere in the city and even …
Behind the scenes
Earlier this week, I was invited to a private view of this year’s summer exhibition at the National Gallery in London, Vermeer …
The Organ Grinder
I was looking through a drawer of prints by Paul Almasy (Hungarian photographer, 1906–2003) last month when a familiar face appeared before me. Where had …
Erich Lessing – Eine Legende wird 90
Es ist schwierig etwas Neues über Erich Lessing zu schreiben – es ist schon so viel über ihn geschrieben und berichtet worden …
Happy Days! 1950s Americana from ClassicStock
There is something incredibly reassuring about looking at stock photographs from the United States in the 1950s. There’s a confidence, a white-toothed, …
When Death Comes Knocking…
It is not every day that I receive an email with the somewhat surprising opening line “Hello, I am a photographer and …
The young men who shocked Victorian England
I had to wait a good while to get my hands on Neil McKenna’s latest book, Fanny and Stella. By the time …
Friday fun: Kitschy, colourful curios from bilwissedition
akg-images is now very pleased to offer over 17,000 images from our friends at bilwissedition, an incredible historical archive based in Germany. …
No place like home: Mario De Biasi and Milan
Last year I wrote on the blog about the Another London exhibition at Tate Britain which brought together works by photographers who were …
Happy Birthday, Erich Lessing!
“People ask me which camera I used to take my pictures. I always say it doesn’t matter, for a good picture is …