A young Masai interested in the camera, Arusha, Tanzania. Photo by Matson, 1936.
This preserved scene shows Man standing in front of the camera on a tripod with a crowd in the background. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: A young Masai interested in the camera, Arusha, Tanzania. Photo by Matson, 1936.
This preserved scene shows Man standing in front of the camera on a tripod with a crowd in the background. The catalog record identifies and dates the moment as: A young Masai interested in the camera, Arusha, Tanzania. Photo by Matson, 1936.
Historical photographs preserve details that written records can miss: clothing, tools, architecture, body language, and the ordinary environments around important changes.
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Andy Warhol, artist, with a Polavision movie camera. Photo by Bernard Gotfryd, around 1977.
Crowd waiting for the Pope, Yankee Stadium, New York. Photo by Bernard Gotfryd, 1979.
Scott County High School principal Gregory Figgs, Georgetown, Kentucky. Photo by Scott J. Ferrell, 1998.