we only want the earth

a collection of black-and-white pho­tog­ra­phy, from its early begin­nings in the 1820s through to the 1960s.

fascists and white supremacists are not welcome here!

Rían • artist, photographer, writer, crafts­woman, feminist, anarcho-communist, animist, atheist.

musicandoldmovies:

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Dorothea Wieck and Hertha Thiele in Mädchen in Uniform

mediterraneum:
“Bedouin Chief and Family 1920(?), Syria.
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mediterraneum:
“Straight Street. Near east gate. Damascus, Syria. 1920-1933.
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henk-heijmans:

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De Jordaan, Amsterdam, ca. 1957 - by Oscar van Alphen (1923 - 2010), Dutch

joeinct:
“Filipino Field Worker, Spring Plowing, Cauliflower Fields, Guadalupe, California, Photo by Dorothea Lange, 1937
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hildeeveraert:

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Portrait of, Mathias Lauridsen, Undated

vintage-sweden:
“Sami family in Gällivare, Sweden in 1886.
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smsomah:

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From the book Tsiganes. Wanderndes Volk auf endloser Straße; Otto Daetwyler (Fotos) und Matéo Maximoff (Text), 1959

The book is a photographic documentation of the life of the Roma/Sinti communities as nomadic ethnic groups in Europe in the mid-20th century.

smsomah:

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Kazakh; Bayan-Olgii, Mongolia. Thomas Kelly

circus-sonata:

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by Yang Yankang / 楊延康
Buddhism in Tibet

colonellickburger:

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Gordon Parks. A day at the Penola Grease Plant, Pittsburgh, March 1944

zolotoivek:
“View of the Tatar mosque and bridge to the Maidan, Tiflis, 1890-1900’s. Photo by Dmitry Yermakov.
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circus-sonata:

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by Yang Yankang / 楊延康
Buddhism in Tibet

drawpaintprint:
“ Lu-Nan Tibet, 2001 ”