FAMILY OF THE JAPANESE EMPEROR
Family of the Japanese Emperor – original photo feature from May 1954 photographs by Ian Mutsu Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, is one of the very few persons who have spent most part of their lives […]
Category: Image Narrative
WINNIE THE POOH
1252957 The real Winnie-the-Pooh flew home from the USA to the UK to play Poohsticks on the original bridge in Hartfield, East Sussex, near A A Milne’s home. Topfoto photographer Lynne Champion was there, in […]
Anniversary: 4 March 2024, the RNLI is 200
Anniversary: 4 March 2024, the RNLI is 200 Royal National Lifeboat Institution See a selection of RNLI images here The RNLI was founded in 1824. Relying on volunteers and donations, it saves lives at sea […]
The MV Havengore
More images here The MV Havengore which carried the coffin of Winston Churchill on 30 January 1965 may be sold to an international buyer. The barge saw Sir Winston Churchill on his last journey by […]
Yoko Ono at 90
Selected images at TopFoto Yoko Ono will be 90 years old on 18 February 2023 Yoko Ono is being widely reassessed as a hugely significant and trailblazing artist and feminist (eg see New York Times […]
2023 Image Selections of Note
June 1947 – Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod – 75 year Anniversary 29 May 1953 – British Mount Everest Expedition reached the summit – 70 Year Anniversary May 1923 – Le Mans 24 hour race – […]
Happy and Glorious
The young Queen’s first State Opening of Parliament, the first Queen to do so since 1886 Charles Dawson, photographer and WW2 soldier, was born in south-east London in 1917. He won worldwide acclaim for this […]
THAT Royal image of Queen Elizabeth II
The Queen said, ‘So soon, Mr Hedgecoe? Don’t you want to do some more?’ ” In 1966 Professor Dick Guyatt at the Royal College of Art recommended me to do a portrait of the Queen […]
The Spy Ring of Vladimir Petrov
In 1954 a humble civil servant at the Russian Embassy in Australia stunned the world when he defected from the Soviet Union with his wife, revealing that he was head of a spy ring with […]
TRUSS THE COOPER
In 1298, London’s coopers – skilled men who made casks – were hauled up in front of the authorities and fined “for contempt of King and Mayor” because they’d single-handedly introduced an ordinance to raise […]