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Background imageMonochrome Collection: Gaudi chimneys on roof of Casa Mila (La Pedrera), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Barcelona

Gaudi chimneys on roof of Casa Mila (La Pedrera), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

Background imageMonochrome Collection: 1919 solar eclipse

1919 solar eclipse
^B1919 solar eclipse. Image 1 of 3.^b This set of images, taken by the British astronomer Arthur Eddington (1882-1944), confirmed Einsteins theory of general relativity

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Heroes Of The Trojan War

Heroes Of The Trojan War
Illustration of a Heroes Of The Trojan War

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Roman God Janus

Roman God Janus
Illustration of a Roman God Janus

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson

Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson
Engraving From 1873 Featuring Lord Nelson Who Was An Officer In The British Royal Navy. He Is Missing An Eye And An Arm From Injuries In Battle. Lord Nelson Lived From 1758 Until 1805

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Dmitri Mendeleev, caricature

Dmitri Mendeleev, caricature
Dmitri Mendeleev (1834-1907). Caricature of the Russian chemist Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Richard Feynman, caricature C015 / 6715

Richard Feynman, caricature C015 / 6715
Richard Feynman (1918-1988). Caricature of the American theoretical physicist Richard Phillips Feynman. As a young man, Feynman worked on the American atomic bomb project at Los Alamos

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Bridge of Sighs in the fog, winter, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy

Bridge of Sighs in the fog, winter, Venice, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Back View Of Car With Just Married Sign

Back View Of Car With Just Married Sign
UNITED STATES - Circa 1930s: Back View Of Car With Just Married Sign. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Graceful Line Of Beach Dancers

Graceful Line Of Beach Dancers
Long Beach, California: March 16, 1934. Dancers trained by Lillian Newman staging an outdoor tableux on the beach

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Broken wrist bone, X-ray C017 / 7187

Broken wrist bone, X-ray C017 / 7187
Broken wrist bone. X-ray of the hand of a 12 year old male with a fractured trapezium bone. The trapezium is the leftmost bone in the group of bones at the base of the bad

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Famous Greek poets and philosophers

Famous Greek poets and philosophers
Illustration of a famous Greek poets and philosophers

Background imageMonochrome Collection: 5th Solvay Conference of 1927

5th Solvay Conference of 1927 The International Solvay Institutes for Physics and Chemistry in Brussels held the first world physics conference in 1911 and began to host them every three years

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Stormy night over Byron Bay

Stormy night over Byron Bay
Storm clouds shroud an electrical storm of the coast of Byron Bay at night

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Seven Champion Diving In LA

Seven Champion Diving In LA
Los Angeles, California: June, 1937. Champion divers preparing to participate in the National Aquatic Show to be held at the Olympic Swimming Stadium in LA

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Count of St Germain, French alchemist

Count of St Germain, French alchemist
Count of St Germain (c.1712-1784), French alchemist. St Germain was a French courtier and adventurer who rose to prominence in Europe in the mid-18th century

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Epicycles of Mercury and Venus, 1823 C017 / 8061

Epicycles of Mercury and Venus, 1823 C017 / 8061
Epicycles of Mercury and Venus, 19th-century diagram. This geocentric (Earth-centred) model shows the orbits of Mercury and Venus as a series of epicycles (loops)

Background imageMonochrome Collection: The apprentice boys of Derry shutting the gates

The apprentice boys of Derry shutting the gates
Some of the thirteen apprentice boys of Derry (also known as Londonderry) who shut the gates of the Protestant Irish city against a Jacobite (Catholic) army who then laid siege in 1688-89

Background imageMonochrome Collection: 1919 solar eclipse

1919 solar eclipse
^B1919 solar eclipse. Image 3 of 3.^b This set of images, taken by the British astronomer Arthur Eddington (1882-1944), confirmed Einsteins theory of general relativity

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Black and white shot of Angkor Wat

Black and white shot of Angkor Wat
A black and white shot of Angkor Wat with its reflection on a lake. Angkor Wat is one of UNESCO world heritage sites, located in Siem Reap, Cambodia

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Dewey Defeats Truman Newspaper

Dewey Defeats Truman Newspaper
St. Louis, MIssouri: November, 1948. President Harry Truman holds up a copy of the Chicago Daily Tribune declaring his defeat to Thomas Dewey in the presidential election

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Niels Bohr, caricature

Niels Bohr, caricature
Niels Bohr (1885-1962). Caricature of the Danish physicist Niels Henrik David Bohr, blowing orbiting electrons out of his pipe. Bohr won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1922

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Bonsai dwarf pine, 1889 C013 / 8769

Bonsai dwarf pine, 1889 C013 / 8769
Bonsai dwarf pine, 19th-century artwork. This specimen is from Japan, and is 150 years old. Bonsai is the art of cultivating ornamental artificially-dwarfed varieties of trees

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Extinct marine reptiles

Extinct marine reptiles
Sheet 1 of a series of posters called Extinct Animals by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins c. 1862

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Map of the Cinque Ports (Victorian engraving)

Map of the Cinque Ports (Victorian engraving)
An old map of the Cinque Ports, which are five historic ports on the south-eastern corner of Kent, England

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Penny Lane Street Sign

Penny Lane Street Sign
A Penny Lane street sign in Liverpool, England. Inspiration for the famous Beatles song

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Pebble Beach Golf Course

Pebble Beach Golf Course
Pebble Beach, California: c. 1950. The seventh hole at Pebble Beach Golf Course

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Halsted, Cushing and Young operating C014 / 1090

Halsted, Cushing and Young operating C014 / 1090
Halsted, Cushing and Young operating

Background imageMonochrome Collection: James Clerk Maxwell, caricature

James Clerk Maxwell, caricature
James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879). Caricature of the Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Mitsubishi A6M Zero aircraft, World War 2 C016 / 3818

Mitsubishi A6M Zero aircraft, World War 2 C016 / 3818
Mitsubishi A6M2 (Zero). US Air Force photograph of a test flight of a captured Japanese Mitsubishi A6M2 (Zero)

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Common Loon (Gavia immer) adult with a chick on its back, Lac Le Jeune Provincial Park

Common Loon (Gavia immer) adult with a chick on its back, Lac Le Jeune Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada, North America

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Wringer, wet clothes dryer

Wringer, wet clothes dryer
Antique illustration of a wringer, wet clothes dryer

Background imageMonochrome Collection: USA, Oregon, Cannon Beach, Haystack Rock and The Needles

USA, Oregon, Cannon Beach, Haystack Rock and The Needles

Background imageMonochrome Collection: USA, California, Yosemite National Park, Panoramic view of Merced River, El Capitan

USA, California, Yosemite National Park, Panoramic view of Merced River, El Capitan, and Cathedral Rocks in Yosemite Valley

Background imageMonochrome Collection: A black and white still life image of a brass clarinet

A black and white still life image of a brass clarinet

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Bandon coastline, Oregon, United States

Bandon coastline, Oregon, United States

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Cannon beach, Oregon coastline, United States

Cannon beach, Oregon coastline, United States

Background imageMonochrome Collection: White leghorn chicken

White leghorn chicken
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1940s: White leghorn chicken standing next to egg. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageMonochrome Collection: American Gangster Al Capone

American Gangster Al Capone
Chicago, Illinois: January 1, 1930. A portrait of American gangster, Al Capone

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Nun Swivels Hula Hoop On Hips

Nun Swivels Hula Hoop On Hips
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: October 18, 1958. Benedictine Sisters at the Christ King Convent in Oklahoma City try their hand at the hula hoop craze that is sweeping the country

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Cervantess Don Quixote in his library

Cervantess Don Quixote in his library, 1863 French edition. Don Quixote reading books on chivalry in his library before setting out on his quest

Background imageMonochrome Collection: John Venn, caricature C013 / 7595

John Venn, caricature C013 / 7595
John Venn (1834-1923). Caricature of the British logician and philosopher John Venn

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Edwin Hubble, US astronomer C008 / 8831

Edwin Hubble, US astronomer C008 / 8831
Edwin Hubble. Caricature of the US astronomer, cosmologist, athlete and boxer Edwin Powell Hubble (1889-1953) smoking a pipe

Background imageMonochrome Collection: JFK Treason Poster

JFK Treason Poster
Dallas, Texas: November 21, 1963 A famous handbill circulated in Dallas the day before President Kennedy was assassinated

Background imageMonochrome Collection: NYC Financial District

NYC Financial District
New York, New York: January 16, 1924. Looking south down Broad St, in the heart of the financial district, with the New York Stock Exchange at the right

Background imageMonochrome Collection: The New Pramobile

The New Pramobile
London, England: c. 1930. The latest invention in transportation and baby care at the British Industries Exhibition is the new fangled Pramobile, with a speed of 1.5 mph. Its made by Dunckley

Background imageMonochrome Collection: USA, Georgia, Tybee Island, Fences and lighthouse

USA, Georgia, Tybee Island, Fences and lighthouse

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Illustration of a Flea C017 / 3435

Illustration of a Flea C017 / 3435
Plate from 18th century encyclopedia showing an illustration of a flea. Fleas are the insects forming the order Siphonaptera and are a vectors for various diseases

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Vostok 1 Soviet spacecraft

Vostok 1 Soviet spacecraft
Vostok (Russian осток)

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Skyline Of The Financial Section Of N. Y. The East

Skyline Of The Financial Section Of N. Y. The East
UNITED STATES - Circa 1950s: Skyline Of The Financial Section Of N.Y. The East River & The Brooklyn Bridge View From The Manhattan Bridge Barges Wharves Skyscrapers Piers. (Photo by H)

Background imageMonochrome Collection: LONDON, UK. Dec 1980: Actor Lord Olivier at the Society of West End Theatre Awards in London

LONDON, UK. Dec 1980: Actor Lord Olivier at the Society of West End Theatre Awards in London. © Paul Smith/Featureflash

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Marshall McLuhan, Herbert Marshall McLuhan (1911 – 1980) Canadian philosopher

Marshall McLuhan, Herbert Marshall McLuhan (1911 – 1980) Canadian philosopher Photo by Bernard Gotfryd

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Vintage early 20th century press photograph: Financial District

Vintage early 20th century press photograph: Financial District, Omaha, Nebraska, USA, c.1920

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Claude Monet, Giverny, 1905. Artist: Jacques-Ernest Bulloz

Claude Monet, Giverny, 1905. Artist: Jacques-Ernest Bulloz Claude Monet, Giverny, 1905. Claude Monet, French Impressionist painter

Background imageMonochrome Collection: William Powell (1892-1984), American actor, c1930s

William Powell (1892-1984), American actor, c1930s.William Powell (1892-1984), American actor, c1930s

Background imageMonochrome Collection: The River Plym from Cadover Bridge

The River Plym from Cadover Bridge, Dartomoor; 19th century; Black and white illustration from "Our Own Country" a Descriptive

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Aerial view of Fratton Park Football Ground

Aerial view of Fratton Park Football Ground, Fratton, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK - photograph taken on 13th May 1985

Background imageMonochrome Collection: A scene from Trial by Jury, 1875. Artist: David Henry Friston

A scene from Trial by Jury, 1875. Artist: David Henry Friston A scene from Trial by Jury, 1875

Background imageMonochrome Collection: A view of Horden Colliery, County Durham, 1964. Artist: Michael Walters

A view of Horden Colliery, County Durham, 1964. Artist: Michael Walters A view of Horden Colliery, County Durham, 1964

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Alligator mississippiensis, American alligator

Alligator mississippiensis, American alligator Alligator of St Johns. Drawing 22 (Ewan 49) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram. Pen and ink. Size: 235 x 366

Background imageMonochrome Collection: An illustration by an unknown artist of Members of the Irish Parliamentary Party sitting in the British House of

An illustration by an unknown artist of Members of the Irish Parliamentary Party sitting in the British House of Commons, London, England

Background imageMonochrome Collection: A spiral staircase inside Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France

A spiral staircase inside Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Leatherback sea turtle (sphargis coriacea)

Leatherback sea turtle (sphargis coriacea)

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Magician pulling rabbit out of hat

Magician pulling rabbit out of hat
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1930s: Hands of magician performing magic trick, pulling rabbit out of top hat. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Piano player

Piano player
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1930s: Mans hands playing piano in dim lighting. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Nineteenth century courtroom scene

Nineteenth century courtroom scene
A man, smiling evilly, is being question by a lawyer in a Victorian courtroom. From Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocksas Hunt.a by Rs Surtees and illustrated by John Leech

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Dantes Inferno, suicides and the Harpies

Dantes Inferno, suicides and the Harpies
Dantes Inferno. Canto XIII, line 11: Here [suicide tree] the brute Harpies make their nest (at right: Dante and Virgil)

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Hobart Town, Van Diemens Land (early 19th century engraving)

Hobart Town, Van Diemens Land (early 19th century engraving)
A view of the town and harbour of Hobart Town, Van Diemens Land (now known as Tasmania), an island to the south of the Australian mainland

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Twin Birch (Betula) trees highlighted snow. Senja, Norway, February

Twin Birch (Betula) trees highlighted snow. Senja, Norway, February

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Pradal Serey Cambodian Kickboxing, CTN Studio, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Asia

Pradal Serey Cambodian Kickboxing, CTN Studio, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Indochina, Asia

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Anoplotherium commune & gracile, Palaeotherium

Anoplotherium commune & gracile, Palaeotherium
Sheet 4 of a series of posters called Extinct Animals by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins c. 1862. This collection of mammals could be found during the Eocene epoch some 50 million years ago

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Antique printing press

Antique printing press
Antique illustration of printing press typography machine

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Ten pin bowling

Ten pin bowling
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1940s: Bowling ball hitting pins for a strike. (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Nun On A Go-Kart

Nun On A Go-Kart
Akron, Ohio: October 10. 1962. Sister John Bosco of the St. Sebastian School in Akron having fun tooling around a go-kart track

Background imageMonochrome Collection: First London oysters, historical artwork C017 / 6904

First London oysters, historical artwork C017 / 6904
First London oysters. Historical artwork of people gathered around a stall selling the first oysters in London, England. This wood engraving dates from circa 1888

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Arecibo message and decoded key C016 / 6817

Arecibo message and decoded key C016 / 6817
Arecibo message and decoded key. Diagram showing the binary transmission (left) known as the Arecibo message, with the message decoded and labelled at centre and right

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Eugene Sandow, Prussian strongman

Eugene Sandow, Prussian strongman
Eugene Sandow (1867-1925), Prussian strongman. Sandow, born Friedrich Wilhelm Muller, is known as the father of modern bodybuilding

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Middle Docks & Engineering Co Ltd Ship Repair Yard

Middle Docks & Engineering Co Ltd Ship Repair Yard, Middle Docks, South Shields, Tyneside, 1947

Background imageMonochrome Collection: Workmen posing outside a house with a bullock cart

Workmen posing outside a house with a bullock cart, Kingston Lisle, Oxfordshire, c1860-c1922

Background imageMonochrome Collection: An overcast day at the lighthouse at Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada

An overcast day at the lighthouse at Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada

Background imageMonochrome Collection: The Mall, Westminster, London, looking towards Buckingham Palace

The Mall, Westminster, London, looking towards Buckingham Palace.The Mall, Westminster, London, looking towards Buckingham Palace, with hackney cabs and an early motor car in view



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EDITORS COMMENTS

"Exploring the Monochrome: A Journey through Time and Inspiration" Step into a world where shades of black and white intertwine, revealing stories that transcend centuries. Just like Janus, the Roman god of beginnings and transitions, monochrome captures the duality of existence in its purest form. In 1919, as a solar eclipse painted the sky with ethereal darkness, Richard Feynman pondered the mysteries of our universe. His caricature C015/6715 immortalizes his brilliance amidst this monochromatic spectacle. Gaudi's whimsical chimneys atop Casa Mila (La Pedrera), a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Barcelona, stand proudly against a monochrome backdrop. They remind us that even in simplicity lies extraordinary beauty - just like heroes who emerged victorious from the Trojan War. Dmitri Mendeleev's caricature transports us to an era when he meticulously arranged elements on his periodic table. In this grayscale realm, knowledge shines brighter than ever before. A broken wrist bone reveals itself through an X-ray C017/7187; a stark reminder that even in moments of vulnerability, strength can be found within ourselves. The enigmatic Count of St Germain emerges from history books as a French alchemist who sought eternal life. In monochrome hues, we glimpse his quest for immortality through shadows cast by ancient secrets. Amidst Lac Le Jeune Provincial Park's tranquil waters stands a common loon adult carrying its chick on its back. This heartwarming scene reminds us that love knows no boundaries - not even color or shade. Epicycles dance around Mercury and Venus in an intricate celestial ballet captured by 1823 C017/8061 artwork. Monochrome unveils their cosmic harmony while inviting us to marvel at nature's grand design. An 1889 bonsai dwarf pine tells tales of patience and dedication; it embodies resilience against time's relentless march forward.

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