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This is a photograph by Julian Germain from his series for the ‘Roads to Wigan Pier’ collection. The image shows a young boy sat staring at the viewer. The boy is sat in what looks to be a block of … Continue reading →

Dadaism originates from around the first world war. It was fronted by artists and writers who rejected the societal norms regarding art. Their work didnt follow any particular style, other than the rejection of society. Marcel Duchamp’s ‘L.H.O.O.Q’ is a … Continue reading →

Stories have been told since the dawn of man. From cave paintings to Hollywood block busters. Originally stories would be handed down through the generations by mouth. As soon as the first caveman painted on a wall in France, people … Continue reading →

All photography is the process of capturing, or freezing, a moment. Horst Faas was a German photojournalist who specialized in combat photography.  His photographs from the Vietnam war are some of the best known war photographs there are. They display … Continue reading →

Images can be considered one of the most effective ways of making an impact on society. Ernest Withers was a photographer in the American south during the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 60s. His photographs highlight the plight … Continue reading →

British Propaganda These British examples of propaganda used during the Second World War, are fairly simple compared to the propaganda of other nations. ‘Bits of Careless Talk’ plays on the British fear of invasion by Hitler’s forces, and rather than … Continue reading →

The following image of smoke rising above Beirut, Lebanon, at first echoes many from the troubled middle east, but the image by Adnan Hajj was discovered to have been retouched after publication by the Reuters news agency.Hajj was accused of … Continue reading →

The following image is one from Sverdlov Square, Moscow, Russia in 1920. It was taken during the Bolshevik revolution  and shows Vladimir Lenin addressing a crowd of Bolshevik soldiers. Down to the left of the platform on which Lenin is stood a man … Continue reading →