Listening Collection (#65)

Prokhorovs research group, Russia. Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov (far left, 1916-2002), head of the Oscillation Laboratory at the Lebedev Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia

Obruchev and colleagues, Moscow, 1937
Vladimir Afanasyevich Obruchev (1863-1956, lower left), Soviet geologist and explorer, at the International Geology Congress in Moscow, Russia, in 1937

Brandt and Abrikosov, Russian physicists. Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov (right, born 1928), talking with professor Nikolai Brandt in a physics laboratory

Dom Gauthey, French monk and inventor
Dom Gauthey, historical artwork. Dom Gauthey was a French Benedictine monk who invented a method of transmitting messages by sound in 1782

Galen lecturing on anatomy in Rome
Galen (c.129-200 AD), Ancient Greek physician and anatomist, lecturing on anatomy in Rome, in the Temple of Peace, using animal skeletons (right). Galen came to Rome in 162 AD

Geber, Islamic alchemist
Geber (c.722-c.815), Islamic Spanish alchemist, teaching chemistry. Geber is a Latinised form. His full Arabic name is Jabir ibn Hayyan

Dmitri Belyaev, Soviet zoologist
Dmitri Konstantinovich Belyaev (1917-1985), Soviet zoologist, making a telephone call. Belyaev, a member of the USSR Academy of Sciences

Anatoly Blagonravov, Soviet engineer
Anatoly A. Blagonravov (right, 1895-1975), Soviet engineer, showing a colleague a spacecraft model. Blagonravov is making a report at a congress of the American Rocket Society, in the USA, in 1959

Vincent of Beauvais, French encylopedist
Vincent of Beauvais (c.1190-1264), French encylopedist, reading to King Louis IX of France. Beauvais held the post of " reader" at the monastery of Royaumont, near Paris

Arkhangelsky, Tupolev, Soviet engineers
Alexander Alexandrovich Arkhangelsky (left, 1892-1978), and Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev (1888-1972), Soviet aviation engineers, talking at an airfield

Soviet engineers and physicists, 1954
Soviet engineers and physicists. From left to right: Vasily Mishin (1917-2001), rocket engineer; Mstislav Keldysh (1911-1978), mathematician; Igor Kurchatov (1903-1960)

Ilyushin and Kokkinaki, aviation pioneers
Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin (left, 1894-1977), Soviet aviation engineer, and Vladimir Konstantinovich Kokkinaki (right, 1904-1985), Soviet test pilot

Frank and Cherenkov, Soviet physicists
Ilya Mikhailovich Frank (1908-1990, left) and Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov (1904-1990, right), Soviet physicists, talking in a particle physics laboratory

Vorobyev and Flyorov, Soviet physicists
Georgy Nikolayevich Flyorov (1913-1990, right), Soviet nuclear physicist, at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, with department head Dr Vorobyev (left)

Tamm and Kurchatov, Soviet physicists
Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm (1895-1971, left) and Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov (1903-1960, right), Soviet nuclear physicists, in a garden near Kurchatovs house

Soviet physicists, Moscow, 1977
Abram Fedorovich Ioffe (1880-1960, left), Abram Isaakovich Alikhanov (1904-1970, centre right) and Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov (1903-1960, far right), Soviet physicists, at work in a laboratory

The Seven Sages of Greece, 7th century BC
The Seven Sages of Greece. The traditions of Ancient Greece named seven philosophers and statesmen from the 7th and 6th centuries BC as the wisest of men

Girl using mobile phone
MODEL RELEASED. Girl using a mobile phone. She is eight years old

General practice waiting room
MODEL RELEASED. General practice waiting room filled with patients

Obstetric ultrasound examination
MODEL RELEASED. Obstetric ultrasound examination. The woman is 36 weeks pregnant

Teenage boy listening to music
MODEL RELEASED. Teenage boy listening to music

Early use of fire. Historical artwork of early humans gathered around a fire. There is evidence for the controlled use of fire over one million years ago

Cup-and-string telephone
MODEL RELEASED. Cup-and-string telephone being used by a boy and a girl in a wood in autumn. The girl (in background) is speaking into one of the cups

Pregnant woman and son
MODEL RELEASED. Pregnant woman and son. 4-year-old boy holding and listening to the swollen abdomen of his mother. She is 30 weeks pregnant. A full- term pregnancy lasts between 37 and 42 weeks

Hotel telephones, 19th century
Hotel telephones. This is a US hotel, with telephones provided in the bedrooms. The first practical telephones were developed in the 1870s

Hands-free telephone, 19th century
Hands-free telephone. This telephone represented an advance on earlier models as it included headphones. It was known as a bi-telephone

Intercepted communications, artwork
Intercepted communications, conceptual computer artwork

Science fiction story, 19th century
Science fiction story, 19th-century artwork. This artwork accompanied the republication in serial form of part of an early French science fiction story Ignis (1883)

Exhibition of Bells telephone, 1876
Exhibition of Bells telephone. Patented in March 1876 by the Scottish-US inventor Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), this telephone is on display at the Centennial Exposition

Medical consultation, satirical artwork
Medical consultation. Satirical artwork of a group of doctors carrying out a medical consultation. This artwork, by the French painter Louis-Leopold Boilly (1761-1845), dates from circa 1830

Bicycle radio antenna, 1914
Bicycle radio antenna. The bike is being used to support an improvised radio antenna to enable reception of radio signals being listened to by the operator

Eavesdropping, conceptual image
Eavesdropping. Conceptual image of a woman pressing her ear to a translucent partition. This can represent concepts such as eavesdropping

Theatrophone poster. The Theatrophone was a system that allowed subscribers to listen to theatre, concert and opera performances over telephone lines

Radio experiment, historical artwork
Radio experiment. Historical artwork of a man using a primitive antenna (electromagnets, lower left) to receive radio transmissions

Stock exchange, New York City, USA. Artwork of traders on the curb market at the New York Stock Exchange in 1912. They are on the street outside the stock exchange building on Broad Street

Family life, 1930s artwork. French family relaxing in a living room listening to a radio (background, below picture). A maid is serving coffee and the father is smoking tobacco

Brain with headphones, artwork
Brain with headphones, computer artwork

MUSICIANS. Illumination from the Olomouc Bible, 1417, Czechoslovakia

Domestic Dog, English Springer Spaniel, adult, close-up of head, with head tilted, England, april

Western Grey Kangaroo
CAN-1030 Western Grey KANGAROO Southern Australia Macropus fuliginosus John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Bateared Fox CH 4463 Listens for grubs underground. Kalahari Gemsbok Park, South Africa
CH-4463 BAT-EARED FOX - listens for grubs underground Kalahari Gemsbok Park, South Africa. Otocyon megalotis Clem Haagner Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Met Police officer on his car radio
A Metropolitan Police officer stands by his car with the door open, about to speak on his car radio

Doctor with stethoscope examines boy
A general practitioner (Dr Meredith) listens with his stethoscope to a boys chest in a rather unconventional looking surgery with tapestries on the walls

The Gallery of the Steam Bath during a concert
The Gallery of the R hira Steam Bath during a concert - Algiers, Algeria

Distributor of free water - Constantinople
A distributor of free water - Constantinople, Turkey - he is listening out for the call of the thirsty man

Large crowd listens to Mussolini
A wonderful shot of a large crowd in Rome, Italy listening to a speech by Benito Mussolini. Date: December, 1927

Poster advertising Canuto Berea musical instruments
Poster advertising Canuto Berea y Compagnia for musical instruments, in particular pianos, based in La Coruna, Spain. A classical scene is depicted

Mans Best Friend
A small puppy yawns while sitting in front of an old-fashioned wireless radio set

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"Listening: A timeless art captured through various lenses" "In the depths of silence, The Ghost Story unfolds, as we listen with bated breath. " "Ears outstretched like a Basset Hound, embracing every sound that whispers in the air. " "Amidst smoke and contemplation, Che Guevara teaches us to listen to the revolution's melody. " "Chopin Concert Radziwill enchants our souls; listening becomes a symphony of emotions. " "Attentive as a German Shepherd, we learn the language of loyalty through active listening. " "My First Sermon echoes from 1863 to 1947; its words still resonate if only we would truly listen. " "Queen Victoria and Munshi Abdul Karim share secrets whispered between ears that truly listen. " "Border Collie dogs sitting on grass remind us that sometimes listening is best done in nature's embrace. " "A young German Shepherd sits on the grass, absorbing life's lessons through attentive listening. "As Doberman lies down in meadow tranquility, it reminds us to pause and listen to nature's whispers. " Through these diverse snapshots of art and canine companionship, we are reminded that true understanding begins with open ears and an attentive heart - for there is beauty in listening beyond mere words or melodies.