Portrait of the American sculptor Louise Nevelson, taken by the celebrated fashion and portrait photographer Richard Avedon. The image was captured in New York in 1975.
Band New Order performing live in New York in 1981 at the Ukrainian National HomeA New Beginning: This performance was part of New Order’s first U.S. tour, staged a little over a year after Joy Division singer Ian Curtis’s death. It marked a crucial step in the band’s transition and the beginning of their effort to define an identity separate from their previous group. Musical Evolution: On this tour, New Order moved beyond Joy Division’s post‑punk austerity, embracing synthesizers and propulsive rhythms. In New York they unveiled an early, unreleased ten‑minute version of Temptation, drawing rave reviews and cementing their reputation at the forefront of post‑punk. Video Recording: The show—performed in 1981 in New York City—was filmed by Michael Shamberg and later released on VHS as Taras Shevchenko, capturing the band in a raw, transitional phase and becoming a vital document of their early career. The Ukrainian National Home’s name—and the portrait of poet Taras Shevchenko hanging behind the stage—were prominently displayed, underscoring the venue’s cultural co
Odesa. Quarantine. Mid-1850s.
Nudie Cohn in his store with "Nudie and his Mandolin" vinyl
Petro Levchenko is a Ukrainian painter
A watering hole under a bridge in a city in Yunnan province by Sofia Yablonska
Sofia Yablonska sits on the hood of a car in Morocco
Two boys riding two bulls in the town of Angkor
Traveling by car on the beaches of the island of Borneo by Sofia Yablonska
An unknown man in an unknown place called Talifou in the lens of Sofia Yablonska
Ferry crossing on the island of Borneo during the travels of Sofia Yablonska
A crowded city street in Yunnan province in the eyes of Sofia Yablonska
Interesting constructions of places in Yunnan province by Sofia Yablnska
Sofia Yablonska films residents selling fresh fruit at a bazaar in Yunnan Province
Doctor Elie Metchnikoff, in his laboratory, Nature & Science
Kondratyuk, Portrait
John C. Houbolt at blackboard, showing his space rendezvous concept for lunar landings.Lunar Orbital Rendezvous (LOR) would be used in the Apollo program. Although Houbolt did not invent the idea of LOR, he was the person most responsible for pushing it at NASA.
The father of the cell phone is Martin Cooper.
Martin Cooper shows FCC Commissioner Benjamin Hooks the first DynaTAC cell phoneCooper, left, showing FCC commissioner Benjamin Hooks the first cell phone, the DynaTAC, in 1973. "There was unanimity within Motorola regarding AT&T: they could not be allowed to extend their monopoly […] We had to beat them; we had to beat the monopoly."
Lew Grade, portrait
Lew Grade and Fozzie at The Variety Club of Great Britain Show Business Awards luncheon on February