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WirePhotos, the Technology That Changed Photography
There are some technologies that change the world forever. One such technology was the wire transmission of images,‘wirephotos’. In fact, the wir...
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IMS Vintage Photos was recently awarded a R&D research grant by the Icelandic government to develop it's AI technology. The grant is awarded o...
5 Best Golfers of All Time
5 Best Golfers of All Time
Believe it or not, golf is one of the oldest sports on the planet. While there were many variants of the game stretched...
The Hand Of God
Argentina's national football team, captained by Diego Maradona stepped onto the field of the Azteca Stadium in Mexico to face England in the quart...
Meet the Archives - Archant
Hello,This time we speak to Christian Amos, Client & Digital Delivery Lead of Archant – a much-appreciated partner of ours. Archant is a media...
Meet the Archives - United Archives
I recently had a talk with Frank Nikolaus Golomb, CEO of United Archives in Cologne, Germany – one of the archives we are currently partnering with...
D-Day
On 6 June 1944 Allied Forces began the liberation of Western Europe. They came from the United States, the British Commonwealth, and other forces ...
Meet Creative and Photography Director Niklas Blomkvist
Niklas Blomkvist is the Creative and Photography Director at IMS Vintage Photos.
An explorer from an early age, by growing up in an industrial ...
Lee Harvey Oswald
Lee Harvey Oswald changed the course of world history when he assassinated the American President John F. Kennedy, on 22 November 1963, in Dallas, ...
International Nurses Day
From the Crimean War to Covid-19, modern professional nursing has become an essential part of our health and society.
Florence Nightingale’s birt...
War Photography
Amidst the death and destruction of war, courageous photographers have captured some of the most iconic images in history.
The six years of the ...
Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster
On 26 April 1986, reactor number 4 in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station in Ukraine, exploded during a long-delayed safety test.
The Number 4 ...
Earth Day 50th Anniversary
21Apr
Earth Day started on April 22, 1970, when 20 million Americans decided to protest environmental ignorance.
Denis Hayes, the man behind thi...
IMS announces partnership with Catawiki
14 April 2019
We are very pleased to announce that we have joined forces with Catawiki, a renowned online auction platform for buying and sell...
Meet IMS Vintage Photos' CEO Arnaldur Gauti Johnson
CEO Arnaldur Gauti Johnson, for his colleagues Gauti, has been in the photo industry for almost 20 years. When he is not working hard in the o...
Bright Young Things
In the 1920s and 1930s in London, a group of aristocratic youth dubbed the “Bright Young Things” dazzled the tabloid press.
They were known for ...
Ballets Suédois
After the horrors of the First World War, revolutions, and the Spanish Flu, Europeans were questioning the fundamentals of everything.
This can be...
Parades, Parties, and Pride on St. Patrick’s Day
Patrick was a Roman-British missionary. He is now the patron saint of Ireland. The anniversary of his death on 17 March has become a religious and ...
The Winter war 1939-1940
After the defeat and partitioning of Poland by Germany and the Soviet Union in September 1939 the Soviets turned towards Finland.
They sought to...
Max von Sydow | Legendary Actor
Max von Sydow - legendary Swedish actor
Legendary Swedish actor Max von Sydow died on 8 March 2020.
His career included performances in some of t...