Make new friends but keep the old…
Over thirty years since they first duetted on Islands in the Stream, Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers received a Grammy nomination this week …
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 …
Travelling through time with fans
A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to attend a special screening at the BFI Southbank of Remembrance of the Daleks, …
Parasols and snowstorms
With London basking in sunshine −and the hot weather here to stay for a few more weeks− I thought I would share …
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, …
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 …