Photos without retouching: Soviet reality through the lens of Vladimir Vorobyov

As a Soviet pilot without legs and without a face, he went through 2 wars: "Fireproof" Leonid Belousov

Russian history knows several military pilots who returned to the helm after lower limb amputations. The most famous of them, thanks to the Soviet writer Boris Polevoy, was Alexei Maresyev, who lifted a fighter into the sky without both legs. But the fate of another person - the owner of the Hero's star - Leonid Belousov, is known to few people. His feat stands apart - this pilot returned to service after being severely injured twice

Bodypositive versus healthy lifestyle: what famous plus-size models look like without retouching

At one time, body positivity was a real breakthrough in the fashion world - girls with more rounded shapes, girls with darker skin and “non-standard low” models suddenly "wedged in" into the ranks of slender, if not skinny, tall models. Now "body positive" is more and more associated not so much with acceptance as with the promotion of excessive weight in women. Whether a full body is beautiful is a moot point, but only even the most body-positive models, as it turns out, do not shy away from touching up their photos with

Barely different: a series of sensual photos of two sisters through their mom's lens

In this soulful series, photographer Anna Larson, who is also the mother of these two girls, wants to show that love has no limits. Anna has three children - two relatives, and one girl from Ethiopia, adopted five years ago. The sisters' love for each other is so tender and so genuinely honest that you can feel it even through photographs

Russia after the 1917 revolution through the lens of documentary photographers (15 photos)

The 1917 revolution in Russia was a turning point in the fate of the country. The upheaval that had begun in the sphere of power grew into a popular and mass revolution, against class exploitation and despotism. Private ownership of land and natural resources was abolished, and the main achievement of the revolution was social rights and guarantees for the overwhelming majority of the population. The memories of eyewitnesses, letters of those years and old photographs can tell about that difficult time today

Photos from the family album: Angelina Jolie through the lens of Brad Pitt

Angelina Jolie is one of the most popular, perhaps, women on the planet. The paparazzi follow her every step in pursuit of scandalous pictures, and fans are interested in everything that happens to her, not only on the screen, but also in real life. Thousands of photographers take pictures of her, but sometimes the camera turned out to be in the hands of her husband (now former) Brad Pitt. And it is very interesting to watch how the megastar in these photos turned into just a wife and just into a mother. All these pictures of Brad Pitt with