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Brilliant images on all topics. Indie since 1927. The home of eg Punch, Ken Russell, Rio Cinema Archive, Colin Jones, John Topham...

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Delve into the archive and come behind the scenes with us...

With thanks to the incredible Saltwick Media

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Director David Baksh and @this_is_annex fight the fakes for @TopfotoUK. https://t.co/W1W2IEDaS3

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#realitychecked #topfoto #generativeAI #FAKE #photoarchive #annexfilms

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Topfoto. Authentic images, reality checked.

Our thanks to Annex films as well as the photographers and collections used: Avalon | Craig Sugden | Heritage Images | Interfoto | John Topham | NASA/JSC | PA Images/alamy | Picture Alliance | Roger Bamber

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Keep an eye out, tomorrow 11am

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'I've seen it all as first female sports photographer'

The amazing ⁦@hymoney⁩ interviewed by Chris Slegg at BBC TV London on how she came to be the first female sports photographer in the UK and her time at ⁦@CPFC⁩. Well worth a read! https://t.co/C96K4uPMuy

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Our partner @TopfotoUK has revealed a new look to welcome the next chapter of its nearly 100-year history of supplying its clients with the stand-out images they need to bring their narratives to life. Delve into the archive and read more on https://t.co/zcV1zVDnEw

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We have launched a new look! Head over to @topfotoarchives on instagram to see the full details…

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Something is afoot… watch this space (or head over to instagram for more this week @topfotoarchives)

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@katieculture Always a treat having you !

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Behind the lens, John Topham, The famous pea shooter Mary Smith was the first shot licensed by our founding photographer and is still a success today, nearly 100 years after it was taken.

Image credit - John Topham/Topfoto

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Queer trailblazers Una Vincenzo (Lady Troubridge) and her partner Radclyffe Hall (author of the iconic queer novel ‘The Well of Loneliness): two women who lived openly in a relationship in the early 1900s.

Pictured here at a dog show 1928

Image credit - Topfoto

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Today marks 115 years since the foundation of the NAACP.

Here we have executive secretary Roy Wilkins planning the march on Washington (1963) and in a meeting with Martin Luther King (1964).

Image credit - Topfoto

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Wonderful to see the increasingly story of Nureyev by AnOther magazine featuring Colin Jones’ photographs

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Rudolf Nureyev: Rarely Seen Portraits of Ballet’s Original Enfant Terrible https://t.co/Gqb02dyLzo

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At this point Topham’s life’s work consisted of more than 120,000 negatives and his legacy thrives through Topfoto today.

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Presenting “Behind the Lens”, a series where we will be showcasing the work of our individual photographers over the course of a month.

Image credit - John Topham/Topfoto

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Our Managing Partner’s parents sought him out in the early 1970s to license a single image - and walked away with the lot.