The colour of Paris: Peter Cornelius
In 1956, the photo industry introduced a brand new 35 mm colour film flexible enough to allow for colour manipulation in the …
A Declaration of Love
One of the many perks of being a Picture Researcher for an archive as varied as akg-images is being able to time-travel …
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 …
Treasures of the archive – unseen Covent Garden
I have been working in the archive for almost 15 years and I never get tired of looking at old photographs or …