By showcasing our new IMAGO Archive in this visual article, we reveal the unique stories crafted by IMAGO's picture desk and photo editors on our Archive page.
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Christmas Truce in WWI: Shooting a Football Instead of Bullets
In the winter of 1914, after six months of World War I, songs and a football were exchanged instead of bullets in the two trenches between German and English soldiers. It was Christmas, and Germans started to celebrate with English soldiers in the middle of the battle, something that later was called Christmas Truce.
Stories behind the archives: An interview with Adam Stoltman
Federer, Phelps and a stubborn Sampras – IMAGO’s recent addition, Adam Stoltman, shares the stories behind his extensive archive.
Fall of the Wall, 36 Years On: Berlin landmarks by two different generations
Most of Berlin’s landmarks have remained, but how we depict landmarks and even what we consider to be a landmark, has certainly evolved. IMAGO looks at Berlin and its culturally significant landmarks through the lens of two generations of photographers.
Faces of Berlin by Jannis Chavakis
Actors, politicians, authors, activists – the Berlin-based photographer and new member of IMAGO Jannis Chavakis has been photographing the people of Berlin for over 20 years.
IMAGO’s Jürgen Ritter and 25 years of Berlin
The Berlin from after the fall of the Wall and today is in some ways unrecognizable. Captured by our photographer Jürgen Ritter, see Berlin’s transformations.
Berlin U-Bahn: A photogenic, quirky subway system with a complicated past.
IMAGO photographers show us that there is rarely a dull moment when riding the Berlin U-Bahn. A long history and a slew of entertaining passengers make the U-Bahn a staple of Berlin.
The Berlin Divisions in Photos: Tracing Cultural Shifts from the Wall to Now
Impressions from Berlin photographers then & now. Exploring divergences and interrelationships of spatial and cultural evolutions of Berlin. Once a city of districts separated, some entanglements have lived on far past the Wall that was torn down in 1989.
The Guest Workers that transformed Germany forever.
Over 60 years ago, Germany was in need of Guest workers (Gastarbeiter) to fill the demand for labor of a post-war economy. Many of them never left, creating communities that changed the demographics of Germany forever.
How Snooker Tore Up the Rulebook to Dominate Sport and the Music Charts in the 1980s
This year's world championships started on April 16 and will conclude on May 2nd. The Game columnist Andy Murray looks back at the sport’s 1980s heyday when 18.5million people stayed up to watch the 1985 black-ball final.