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Archive - July 5th 2016, 70 years of the Bikini 

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According to official history, the 5th July 2016 marks the 70th anniversary of the modern bikini. Invented by French engineer Louis Reard and fashion designer Jacques Heim in Paris in 1946, it was named after the Bikini Atoll, the site of nuclear weapon tests in the Marshall Islands, on the supposed reasoning that the excitement it would cause would be like the impact of an atomic bomb.
Popular in France immediately, it initially caused controversy in many countries and it took until the 1960's before it became truly universal, helped by the numerous film depictions and the growth of mass tourism.... 

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson 1946

USA. NYC. Brooklyn. Coney Island. 1947. 
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Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1951

FRANCE. Deauville. 1951.

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1951

FRANCE. Deauville. August, 1951. Woman in a bikini.

Philippe Halsman 1954

Italian actress, Gina LOLLOBRIGIDA. 

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson 1955

FRANCE. Ile-de-France. Yvelines. 1955. 
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Herbert List 1955

ITALY. Capri. 1955.

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Burt Glinn 1959

CUBA. Havana. 1959. Bikini model on rooftop. 

Elliott Erwitt 1959

FRANCE. Saint Tropez. 1959. 

Elliott Erwitt 1959

FRANCE. Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region. Var department. Town... 
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Eve Arnold 1960

USA. California. Los Angeles. US actress Marilyn MONROE. 1960.... 

Bob Henriques 1961

US actress Anne BANCROFT. 1961.

David Hurn 1962

UK. London. Ursula Andress. Actress. Ursula Andress. Swiss-born... 

Leonard Freed 1963

USA. Harlem. NY. 1963. Beauty contest in Harlem.

Philippe Halsman 1963

German actress Romy SCHNEIDER. 1963. 

Bruce Davidson 1963

USA. Birmingham, Alabama 1963. Jayne MANSFIELD posing poolside... 

Bruce Davidson 1965

USA. Los Angeles. 1965. 

Burt Glinn 1966

USA. New York City. 1966. Richard AVEDON in his studio with model,... 

Eve Arnold 1966

UKRAINE. Kyiv. Matrons and lovers on the Black Sea at Sochi.... 

Dennis Stock 1966

VIRGIN ISLANDS. A young woman floats on her back in the clear... 

Burt Glinn 1966

USA. Chicago, IL. 1966. Playboy founder Hugh HEFNER with a Playboy... 

Rene Burri 1967

"Jeunesse dorée", rich kids partying over the weekend. 

Burt Glinn 1968

USA. Las Vegas, Nevada. Four sunbathers on leopard skin-printed... 

Elliott Erwitt 1968

GERMANY. Schleswig-Holstein. Island of Sylt. 1968. 

Dennis Stock 1968

USA. California. Bikini on a California beach. 1968. 

Rene Burri 1971

Plage de Disneyland. 

UME 1972

GREAT-BRITAIN. England. Southend. 1972. 
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Thomas Hoepker 1975

EAST GERMANY. Thuringia. Weimar. 1975. A woman in a bikini works... 

Guy Le Querrec 1976

FRANCE. Alpes-Maritimes. Saint-Jean Cap Ferrat. 1976. 

Elliott Erwitt 1977

Elliott Erwitt 1978

FRANCE. Var. St Tropez. 1978. 

Raymond Depardon 1978

LEBANON. Beirut. 1978. Civil War. Summerland beach club. 

Richard Kalvar 1980

ITALY. Pitrizza. 1980. 

Peter Marlow 1981

USSR. Sochi. Sochi Beach. 1981 

Bruce Gilden 1982

USA. NYC. Coney Island. 1982. Woman on beach pointing at a man... 

Harry Gruyaert 1982

USA. Nevada. Las Vegas. Caesar's Palace Hotel. 1982. 

Richard Kalvar 1984

ITALY. Ile de Ventotene. 1984 

Raymond Depardon 1985

CHINA. Beijing. 1985. 

Carl De Keyzer 1988

RUSSIA. Sochi. Russian riviera. 1988. 

Bruno Barbey 1988

UKRAINE. Yalta. 1988. 

Ferdinando Scianna 1989

MAURITIUS: fashion story, Jasmin GHAURI. 
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Elliott Erwitt 1990

BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro. 1990. 

Elliott Erwitt 1990

BRAZIL. Buzios.1990. 

David Hurn 1991

USA. CALIFORNIA. Desert Hot Springs. The real estate high value... 

Bruce Davidson 1992

USA. New York City. 1992. Central Park.

Peter Marlow 1992

FRANCE. Cote D'Azur. Nice. The Fine Art of Sunbathing. Woman... 

Ferdinando Scianna 1993

ITALY. Campania. Ischia. Balneology. 1993. 

Thomas Hoepker 1994

USA. La Jolla, California. 1994. Sunbather at Boomer Beach. 

Martin Parr 1995

UKRAINE. Yalta. 1995. 

Bruce Davidson 1996

The Queen Elizabeth 2. 1996. Sunbather. 

Abbas 1996

ISRAEL. Tel Aviv. Beach during Shabat. 1996. 

Abbas 1996

USA. San Diego. 1996. 

Abbas 1996

ISRAEL. Tel-Aviv. 1996. Modelling bikinis made by Gottex, which... 

Martin Parr 1999

LATVIA. Jurmala. 1999. 

Constantine Manos 1999

USA. Florida. 1999. 

Trent Parke 2000

AUSTRALIA. New South Wales. Shelly Beach. 2000 

Guy Le Querrec 2000

MONGOLIA. Ulaanbaatar. Airport. Tuesday 6th June, 2000. 

Thomas Dworzak 2001

REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA. Skopje. July 2001. Macedonian girls at... 

Martin Parr 2001

BELGIUM. Knokke. A woman sunbathes on the beach. 2001. 

Martin Parr 2001

CUBA. Fashion shoot for Jalouse. 2001. 

Martin Parr 2001

SENEGAL. Dakar. Fashion shoot for Rebel Magazine. 2001.
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