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Posts by Hannah Ross

Head to Head

Some of you may have noticed this picture on as my desktop image. It’s of John F. Kennedy (left) and his brother Robert (right… obviously). I…

Marlene Dietrich

In 1945, photographer Irving Haberman captured this image of famous actress and singer Marlene Dietrich kissing a GI after he arrived home in New York. The…

Ali – Liston

It’s amazing how much controversy can be caused by sheer luck. In this photo of Muhammad Ali after a first-round knockout of Sonny Liston at St.…

White Wolf

National Geographic photographer Jim Brandenburg was on a trip in Canada’s Ellesmere Island in 1985, given the mission of photographing a dog-sled expedition to the North…

Leap of Freedom

After enlisting in the East German state police, 18-year-old Conrad Schumann was assigned to the Bereitschaftspolizei or BePo (“riot police”), a force dedicated to suppressing rebellion.…

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