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Back to Search'I wrote the Champions League anthem'
In 1992, European football was at a turning point. The European Cup was going to be replaced with a new format: The Champions League.
European footb…
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Vivian Maier: Secret street photographer
It is only since Vivian Maier's death in 2009 that the 150,000 photographs she rarely showed to anyone have come to light.
Working as a nanny in the …
9 months, 2 weeks ago
The founding of Magnum Photos
In the aftermath of World War Two, a group of famous photographers brought their individual styles into one powerful collaboration, over a celebrator…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Martín Chambi: Peru's pioneering documentary photographer
Martín Chambi is regarded as one of the most important indigenous Peruvian photographers of the 20th century. Famous for his black and white images o…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Nigerian photographer’s iconic 'Hairstyles' series
J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, who was known as Nigeria’s top photographer, started documenting women’s hairstyles in 1968. He built up a portfolio of around…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Lunch atop a Skyscraper
In 1932, a photo was taken showing 11 New York ironworkers casually eating their lunch while sitting on a steel beam at the top of a skyscraper. No s…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
Sweden’s shocking sugar experiment
In the 1940s, some vulnerable Swedish hospital patients were fed large amounts of sugary sweets as part of an experiment to see what it would do to t…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Mexico’s soda tax: Confronting soft drink giants
In 2013, Mexico’s government approved a tax on sugary soft drinks. The country has one of the highest rates of fizzy drink consumption in the world. …
9 months, 3 weeks ago
The founding of the Warsaw Pact
On 14 May 1955, the leader of the Soviet Union and leaders from seven European countries met to sign the Warsaw Pact.
In the years following World Wa…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
Tesla and Edison: Electricity rivals
By 1915, the two great rivals, Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison, had brought electricity to the world.
It was reported that they were set to share the …
9 months, 3 weeks ago