Bridgeman Images Blog

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Colour Blocking – Tracing The 2018 Trend

Colour Blocking is defined as the selection, combination and application of opposing colours on...

Face of a Snake: Breed Standard and Poetic Licence

“A snake, am I? Perhaps you’d like to see how ssssnakelike I CAN BE” – Jafar Steller Sea Lion...

Halas&Batchelor: An Animated History

Bridgeman Footage proudly represents the legendary Halas & Batchelor collection. Formed in 1940,...

Win A Prize Worth £5,500: The Bridgeman Studio Award 2018 Has Launched!

We are excited to announce the launch of the Bridgeman Studio Award 2018. Now in its 5th year,...

10 Urban Legends & Myths

The Whitechapel Murders The Whitechapel Murders and the mysterious entity committing them are...

Here comes the sun: famous paintings of summer

“Summertime is always the best of what might be” – Charles Bowden You’ve shed a few layers of...

Queen Victoria: A timeline

On May 24, 2019 it will be the 200th anniversary of the birth of “the grandmother of Europe”,...

Music & Dance: Performing Arts

Following the announcement of our acquisition of Lebrecht Photo Library, the world’s largest...

Charles Rennie Mackintosh: Father of the Glasgow Style turns 150 years old

Charles Rennie Mackintosh (7 June 1868 – 10 December 1928), architect, designer, fine artist and...

Auguste and Louis Lumière: In Focus

To mark 70 years since the death of Louis Lumiere on June 6th, 1948 we’re selecting highlights...

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