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Lee Miller and Kate Winslet.

Second World War

Who was Lee Miller?The model-turned-war correspondent who photographed WW2 horrors

Elsie Wright, who with her cousin Frances Griffiths took photos of sprites, gnomes and fairies, 1917 (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)

Fake news: 8 of the most notorious photograph hoaxes, from fairies to UFOs. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

10 photographs that made history

A Victorian lady washing in the nude

In pictures: erotic postcards of the early 20th century

Earth Seen from Space Shuttle Discovery 1990

Earth from space: How pioneering photos changed our view of the planet

No Man’s Land: Women photographers in the First World War

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In pictures: The photographs of William Henry Fox Talbot

Cuban photographer Alberto Korda

Q&AWhere did the famous portrait of Che Guevara come from?

5 photographs that (you didn’t know) changed everything

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In pictures: early Victorian photography

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