Photographers and their famous images 🧵

1. Steve McCurry – Girl In Afghanistan 2. Jeff Widener – Beijing 1989

The world’s most beautiful villages for 2025🧵

1. Bibury, Cotswolds, England

2. Hallstatt, Austria

Thread of 9/11 footage you've (probably) never seen before 🧵

1. The very moment that flight 175 struck the south tower of the World Trade Center.

2. Firefighters describing what they saw

Thread on the beauty of children 🧵

1. It's the same inside and outside her mother's womb

2. It’s a tradition in Brazil to give the first piece of cake to the person you love the most.

Wait for it...

World War II ~ A Thread 🧵

1. WWII veteran: “This is not what they died for.”

2. During World War II, it was common for soldiers to keep family photos under clear grips on their 1911 pistols. They were called “sweetheart grips.”

Art memes you didn’t know you needed 🧵

1. Plans for the fall? 2.

Thread of beautiful things from the past 🧵

1. A stunning drinks cabinet from the 1930s

2. A vintage knife engraved with: "There's a world you're living in, no one else has your part."

World War I ~ A Thread 🧵

1. What post-trauma looked like after WWI

2. Young soldier on the last day of World War I

This is what New York City used to look like 🧵

1. A news stand in 1930

2. Driving down the same NYC highway 46 years later

This is what California used to look like 🧵

1. San Francisco in 1906

2. Long Beach in 1910

Life in America 40 to 100+ years ago 🧵

1. This was Los Angeles in the 1950s

2. In 1954, an average American family could afford a detached house and a private car, relying solely on the income from a single factory job at Ford.

This is what Paris used to look like 🧵

1. Lunchtime in Paris in the 1920s

2. Paris in the 1980s

This is what London used to look like 🧵

1. London Bridge commuters in 1984

2. London in the 1970s

Colorized videos feel like a time machine 🧵

1. This is what Jerusalem looked like in 1897

2. This was Berlin after WWII, July 1945

Life in Ireland 50 to 100+ years ago 🧵

1. This is what Dublin looked like in the 1960s

2. Dublin in 1915

Life in England 50 to 100+ years ago 🧵

1. This is what England looked like in 1945

2. London Bridge commuters in 1984

10 castles in Germany that don't look real 🧵

1. Eltz Castle

2. This isn’t AI; it’s one of the most stunning castles on Earth.

Neuschwanstein Castle was built under the orders of King Ludwig II of Bavaria to honor the legendary composer Richard Wagner.

15 natural wonders that don’t look real 🧵

1. Elephant rock in Iceland

2. Behold the majestic frozen waterfall of Fontanon di Goriuda in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy.

Nestled in the heart of the Prealpi Giulie Park, in Udine province on the Italian side of Mount Canin, the Fontanone is a pristine natural paradise.

The most surreal beaches on Earth 🧵

1. Navagio beach in Zakynthos, Greece

2. Cala Goloritzé, Sardinia

Perched on the steep coast of Baunei, this Italian gem has claimed first place in the global ranking of The World’s 50 Best Beaches 2025.

15 places in Japan that don't look real 🧵

1. Deer in Nara park during cherry blossoms

2. This is the village of Yoshino.

It may look like something created by AI, but this place is very real.

Take a closer look at the photo, and you’ll spot the enchanting mountain village, home to just over 6,000 people.

20 photographs taken in the right place at the right time, either intentionally or by chance 🧵

1. Can I take a picture of the moon?
Pisa Tower: yea sorry 2. Joshua Cripps captured a stunning annular solar eclipse in the Dubai desert in December 2019.

He meticulously planned the shot to line up himself, the man, and the camel:

"Shooting photos like this is an addiction. It’s such an extreme technical and creative challenge."