Bob Ahern
@bobahern.bsky.social
Photos. History. News. Cats. Director for Getty Images Archive 📍Brooklyn
fascinating piece, and going deep into those photo archives @gettyimages.com @latimes.com
In print today: A 95-year-old retired watchmaker has spent a quarter-century trying to uncover the backstory — a possible JFK connection — of a clock he found online in 1999. He had paid just $280. But was it priceless?
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September 2, 2025 at 1:06 AM
fascinating piece, and going deep into those photo archives @gettyimages.com @latimes.com
Legend.
Michael Ochs, who out of nerdy devotion to rock history preserved ephemera of the music industry seen by many as junk, and who realized belatedly that he had built the world’s leading collection of photos chronicling the modern history of popular music, died in Los Angeles. He was 82.
Michael Ochs, Top Collector of Rock ’n’ Roll Photos, Dies at 82
He surveyed the trash of record companies, haggled with aging photographers and scoured estate sales, building an archive widely seen as unmatched.
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July 28, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Legend.
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A small selection of the people and bands from the Glastonbury Festival 2025. I always try to spend as much time as possible away from the main stage, finding the smaller musical acts and documenting the people who make Glasto so special.
July 2, 2025 at 8:37 AM
A small selection of the people and bands from the Glastonbury Festival 2025. I always try to spend as much time as possible away from the main stage, finding the smaller musical acts and documenting the people who make Glasto so special.
I recall John telling me how he made photos after hopping into Diana Dors’ car at Cannes & ended up at the afterparty. Just a tiny fragment that speaks to another age but his work will stand the test of time. Likewise the incredible staffers at Picture Post. What a time it would have been!
The documentary photographer John Chillingworth, who has died aged 97, was one of the stable of famous photographic names who worked for the pioneering weekly magazine Picture Post in the 1940s and 50s.
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John Chillingworth obituary
Photographer whose work for Picture Post in the 1940s and 50s documented a period of social change in Britain
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May 31, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I recall John telling me how he made photos after hopping into Diana Dors’ car at Cannes & ended up at the afterparty. Just a tiny fragment that speaks to another age but his work will stand the test of time. Likewise the incredible staffers at Picture Post. What a time it would have been!
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Birth of photojournalism explored in new exhibition
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Birth of photojournalism explored in new exhibition
Images of some of the most historic moments of the twentieth century feature in a new exhibition about the photo-magazine, Picture Post (1938-57), which runs at the National Museum Cardiff until the 1...
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May 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Birth of photojournalism explored in new exhibition
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In huge news, the UK government was just defeated in the House of Lords for a second time over AI & copyright.
The government had removed amendments to the Data Bill that would require AI companies to disclose their training data. The Lords have now reinserted them.
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The government had removed amendments to the Data Bill that would require AI companies to disclose their training data. The Lords have now reinserted them.
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May 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
In huge news, the UK government was just defeated in the House of Lords for a second time over AI & copyright.
The government had removed amendments to the Data Bill that would require AI companies to disclose their training data. The Lords have now reinserted them.
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The government had removed amendments to the Data Bill that would require AI companies to disclose their training data. The Lords have now reinserted them.
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Editors' Choice: The best images from the past 24 hours.
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April 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Editors' Choice: The best images from the past 24 hours.
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A great opportunity for a young sports photographer in the US. jobs.lever.co/gettyimages/...
Getty Images - Sport Photography Intern
Role: Sport Photography Intern Location: New York Internship Dates: May to February Deadline to Apply: April 23 Who You Are: You are an aspiring professional passionate about visual sport storytelling...
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April 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
A great opportunity for a young sports photographer in the US. jobs.lever.co/gettyimages/...
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The French photographer whose kiss melted hearts around the world
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The French photographer whose kiss melted hearts around the world
A major exhibition will showcase 400 of Robert Doisneau’s enormous archive of 450,000 images, offering ‘a social commentary on a harsh and unforgiving world’
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April 23, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The French photographer whose kiss melted hearts around the world
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I didn’t have making the local news on my bingo card Saturday; (and must confess i did enjoy the quite talented headline) nypost.com/2025/04/05/u...
Heaps of disgusting wet trash turn Brooklyn street into smelly makeshift dump after trash truck fire
Mounds of cardboard boxes, plastic bags, newspapers and other filth appear strewn all over Livingston Street between Nevins Street and Flatbush Avenue in the posts.
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April 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I didn’t have making the local news on my bingo card Saturday; (and must confess i did enjoy the quite talented headline) nypost.com/2025/04/05/u...
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Christopher Shell explores how a shared love of baseball fostered a meaningful friendship and a spirit of resistance between Nat King Cole and baseball Legend Orestes Minoso.
#Baseball #NatKingCole #OrestesMinoso #SportsHistory #BlackHistory
#Baseball #NatKingCole #OrestesMinoso #SportsHistory #BlackHistory
Major Players: Nat King Cole Meets Baseball Legend Orestes Minoso - Picturing Black History
How a shared love of baseball fostered a meaningful friendship and a spirit of resistance. This essay explores the history behind a photo of Nat King Cole and Orestes “Minnie” Minoso and it depicts th...
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April 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Christopher Shell explores how a shared love of baseball fostered a meaningful friendship and a spirit of resistance between Nat King Cole and baseball Legend Orestes Minoso.
#Baseball #NatKingCole #OrestesMinoso #SportsHistory #BlackHistory
#Baseball #NatKingCole #OrestesMinoso #SportsHistory #BlackHistory
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Getty Images 🎥 Video #Highlights of the Week:
From #StPatricksDay to #Trump and Canadian PM #Carney to #princessofwales and Winter #Olympics prep #NCAA, #England training to #Duplicity premiere, #princessofwales #ParkerPosey and more!
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From #StPatricksDay to #Trump and Canadian PM #Carney to #princessofwales and Winter #Olympics prep #NCAA, #England training to #Duplicity premiere, #princessofwales #ParkerPosey and more!
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March 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Getty Images 🎥 Video #Highlights of the Week:
From #StPatricksDay to #Trump and Canadian PM #Carney to #princessofwales and Winter #Olympics prep #NCAA, #England training to #Duplicity premiere, #princessofwales #ParkerPosey and more!
Watch #GettyVideo #Bestof 👉 shorturl.at/AVryz
From #StPatricksDay to #Trump and Canadian PM #Carney to #princessofwales and Winter #Olympics prep #NCAA, #England training to #Duplicity premiere, #princessofwales #ParkerPosey and more!
Watch #GettyVideo #Bestof 👉 shorturl.at/AVryz
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A coffee at ASAP Coffee in Ambleside which has a 1982 Geographic that I once owned and whose story spreads I once knew off by heart before the photography craft really took hold at age 18 #Photography
March 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
A coffee at ASAP Coffee in Ambleside which has a 1982 Geographic that I once owned and whose story spreads I once knew off by heart before the photography craft really took hold at age 18 #Photography
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Want to learn more about the extraordinary legacies of Black women throughout history for #WomensHistoryMonth ? Pick up a copy of our book, Picturing Black History. Our book offers a groundbreaking collection of photographs and essays that shed new light on the history of Black America.
Announcing the Picturing Black History Book!
A groundbreaking collection of photographs and essays that shed new light on the history of Black America, from the Picturing Black History project.
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March 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Want to learn more about the extraordinary legacies of Black women throughout history for #WomensHistoryMonth ? Pick up a copy of our book, Picturing Black History. Our book offers a groundbreaking collection of photographs and essays that shed new light on the history of Black America.
Teaming up with F1 for some incredible motorsport history; and thanks B&T mag for the spotlight! @gettyimages.com www.bandt.com.au/getty-images...
Getty Images & F1 Join Forces To Showcase 75 Years Of Racing History
As F1 heats up, Getty Images is celebrating 75-years of trying to snap a pic in the 0.2 second window before they speed away again
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March 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Teaming up with F1 for some incredible motorsport history; and thanks B&T mag for the spotlight! @gettyimages.com www.bandt.com.au/getty-images...
A cracking edit here; some names you know some you may not; diving through some history with 100 photos from 100 women photographers
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#womenshistorymonth @gettyimages.com
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#womenshistorymonth @gettyimages.com
100 Standout Images By Women Photographers Board - Getty Images
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March 6, 2025 at 11:44 AM
A cracking edit here; some names you know some you may not; diving through some history with 100 photos from 100 women photographers
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#womenshistorymonth @gettyimages.com
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#womenshistorymonth @gettyimages.com
So thrilled we made the shortlist! And Damarius, Managing Editor AND now style icon! @gettyimages.com
Our book, Picturing Black History, has been getting a lot attention. We appreciate it!
Damarius Johnson represented the Picturing Black History team at the NAACP Image Awards reception. Our Book, "Picturing Black History" was nominated for an NAACP Award.
#BlackHistory #NAACPAwards
Damarius Johnson represented the Picturing Black History team at the NAACP Image Awards reception. Our Book, "Picturing Black History" was nominated for an NAACP Award.
#BlackHistory #NAACPAwards
March 5, 2025 at 10:26 AM
So thrilled we made the shortlist! And Damarius, Managing Editor AND now style icon! @gettyimages.com
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Defender of free speech Vance is going to give Trump such a telling off when he reads this!
March 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Defender of free speech Vance is going to give Trump such a telling off when he reads this!
Resharing some spotlight on the majesty of analog mammoth prints and a body of photographic work that was to help shape the National Parks www.atlasobscura.com/articles/nat... @gettyimages.com
See America's National Parks—Before They Were National Parks
Landscape photography like this helped create the National Park system.
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February 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Resharing some spotlight on the majesty of analog mammoth prints and a body of photographic work that was to help shape the National Parks www.atlasobscura.com/articles/nat... @gettyimages.com
Rather super-cool to have our Picturing Black History book on Oprah Daily. #gettyimages
February 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Rather super-cool to have our Picturing Black History book on Oprah Daily. #gettyimages
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Preaching peace, yet struck down by violence, the killing of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. reshaped America’s urban spaces and fundamentally changed how the country remembers this civil rights leader. Read more from
Hasan Kwame Jeffries on Picturing Black History.
#BlackHistoryMonth #MLK
Hasan Kwame Jeffries on Picturing Black History.
#BlackHistoryMonth #MLK
The Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. - Picturing Black History
Preaching peace, yet struck down by violence, the killing of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. reshaped America’s urban spaces and fundamentally changed how the country remembers this civil rights leader.
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February 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Preaching peace, yet struck down by violence, the killing of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. reshaped America’s urban spaces and fundamentally changed how the country remembers this civil rights leader. Read more from
Hasan Kwame Jeffries on Picturing Black History.
#BlackHistoryMonth #MLK
Hasan Kwame Jeffries on Picturing Black History.
#BlackHistoryMonth #MLK
Majestic tenure @number10cat.bsky.social and here’s some of your best bits from the last 14 years 🐾😻 www.gettyimages.com/collaboratio... 📷 @leonneal.com
February 15, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Majestic tenure @number10cat.bsky.social and here’s some of your best bits from the last 14 years 🐾😻 www.gettyimages.com/collaboratio... 📷 @leonneal.com
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A special #Caturday this week: today is the 14th anniversary of my arrival on Downing Street.
a cat sitting at a podium with a sign that says isy
ALT: a cat sitting at a podium with a sign that says isy
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February 15, 2025 at 8:04 AM
A special #Caturday this week: today is the 14th anniversary of my arrival on Downing Street.
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Editors' Choice: The best images from the past 24 hours.
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February 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Beautiful!
One of those satisfying jobs I’ve been meaning to do for ages. Primary archive drives for every year I’ve been working in London now safely secured in their own case. A very handy design by Orico. Yes, I know I’m a nerd. #photographyofbluesky
February 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Beautiful!