Photography

Burns Archive

The Burns Archive is the world’s largest private collection of early medical photography and historic photographs, housing over one million photographs. While it primarily contains images related to medical practises, it is also famous for photographs depicting 'the darker side of life'. Other themes prevalent throughout the collection involve death, crime, racism, and war.

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See also

• ▸Daniel Draper (meteorologist)
• ▸Galileo Ferraris
• ▸1968 Olympics Black Power salute

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