Henry Behrens, who held the world record for the smallest man (measuring 30 inches tall), dancing with his cat in his home, 1956
Nikita Krushchev (head of Russia) at the top of the Empire State building, 1959
Princess Elizabeth with her mother, sister, and husband as her father's coffin is brought out of the train on over to Westminster, 1952
Princess Elizabeth with Winston Churchill, 1950
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“I walked up the tower, maybe one hour of walking. Some people ask me, “Did you ask the painter for permission?” I said, “My goodness, no. To talk with them was to risk slipping and falling down.” I’ve always been shy and I’ve always been trying to ignore the people I was photographing, so that they ignore me. I’m trying always to take a better picture than the one before but I was not sure of this one. I didn’t think after I shot the picture that I shot something interesting. I learned from Cartier-Bresson what’s called “geometry in photography.” It’s not dependent on what you’d call a good photograph, but good geometry.” (Marc Riboud)
Read an interesting interview with Marc Riboud from 1987 here.
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A victim of the Hiroshima atomic explosion. Photo by Werner Bischof, 1951.
Cincinnati pitcher Hersh Freeman, 1956. In that year, the team name was changed tot he Cincinnati "Redlegs" to avoid association of the team with communism during the second Red Scare.
A car getting pulled over, 1957
A couple jive dancing
A group of greasers hanging out in front of a burger restaurant
Marlon Brando being a badass, 1953
Natalie Wood and James Dean on the set of "Rebel Without A Cause," 1955
Marilyn Monroe and a bear, 1953