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Distro - Say It With Flowers 

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Celebrated every 14th of February, St Valentine's Day was originally known by the Romans as the festival of Lupercalia, a celebration of Juno, the Goddess of love. Cards would be drawn randomly to partner men and women together for the feast and the sexual games which were an integral part of it.
With the ascendance of Christianity, pagan festival days were replaced with rather more austere Christian versions.

Saint Valentine (originally Valentinus) was martyred a 14th of February. He was known as an extremely chaste and pious man. He was given a romantic makeover.

The myth arose that... 

Ian Berry 1990

Asia. Malaysia. Kuala Lumpur. A bride being showered with... 

Abbas 1980

IRAN 1980 

Susan Meiselas 1995

USA. New York City. 1995. Pandora's Box, Maid slave. 

Bruno Barbey 1993

PORTUGAL. 1993. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2005

Louisiana, September 2005. 

Thomas Hoepker 1983

USA. New York City. 1983. Man at a telephone booth on Fifth Avenue.... 

Gueorgui Pinkhassov 2002

In the underpass. 

Constantine Manos 1961

USA. New York City. 1961. Spring Street subway station. 

Bruno Barbey 1990

TUNISIA. Sidi. A young girl steps through a traditional painted... 

Martin Parr 1999

SPAIN. Benidorm. A couple embrace. 1999. 

Dennis Stock 1970

1970. Sun. (Brother Sun, page 43) 

Dennis Stock 1982

NETHERLANDS.flower farming in Northern Holland. 

Dennis Stock 1978

FRANCE. Normandy. Giverny. 1978. The gardens of Claude MONET.... 

Ian Berry 2002

Europe. France. Picardy. Poppy field at Cuissy-et-Geny Pargnan... 

Harry Gruyaert 1984

1984. 

Dennis Stock 1980

1980. Field of sunflowers. 

HG 1999

Peoples Square.In the background the Opera Modern designed by... 

Abbas 1997

IRELAND. Ulster. Belfast. Protestant march. 1997. 

Dennis Stock 1978

FRANCE. Normandy. Giverny. 1978. The gardens of Claude MONET.... 

Dennis Stock 1976

1976.

Dennis Stock 1980

FRANCE. Provence. 1980.

HG 2003

GERMANY. Munich. 2003. 

Bruno Barbey 1994

Fez. 

Thomas Dworzak 2003

After the fall of Saddam Husseins Regime. Shi'ite clerics and... 
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Bruce Davidson 1980

USA. New York City. 1980. Subway. 

Thomas Dworzak 2002

AFGHANISTAN. Kabul. 04/2002. Afghan Army parade commemorating... 

Thomas Hoepker 1994

CUBA. 1994. Coffee pickers taking a break in the Sierra del... 

Jean Gaumy 1986

Teheran. 

Ferdinando Scianna 1975

Parigi, Francia: la vetrina. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2005

USA. NYC. Fashion Week.

Richard Kalvar 1979

BELGIUM La Louviere. 1979. Carnival. Twin flowers. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2004

USA. NYC. September 7-15, 2004. Fashion Week. Bryant Park, an... 

Burt Glinn 1961

USA. 1961. Couple getting married. 

Harry Gruyaert 1985

FRANCE. Paris. 1985.
Flower market along the banks of the Seine.... 

Gilles Peress 1981

USA. Montgomery, Alabama. 1981. 

HG 1996

Patrick Zachmann 2004

SOUTH COREA. Seoul. 2004. 

Gilles Peress 1982

August 1982. A Lebanese soldier girl smiles in war-torn Beirut... 

Gueorgui Pinkhassov 1994

POLAND.WARSAW. 

Ferdinando Scianna 2001

USA. New York City. Gay Parade. 
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Steve McCurry 1996

INDIA. Varanasi. 1996. Children sell offerings to devotees on... 

Ferdinando Scianna 1984

SOMALIA, Mogadiscio: military parade for Siad Barre anniversary.... 

Thomas Hoepker 1994

India/Kerala, Trivandrum. Pongala festival for women. Girl with... 

Steve McCurry 1996

INDIA. Ladakh. 1996. A Buddhist tribe member wearing a floral... 

Steve McCurry 1996

KASHMIR. Srinagar. Dal Lake. 1996. Flower Seller at Dal Lake.

(KASHMIR-10016)... 

Jean Gaumy 1981

Town of Yport. 

HG 2000

Picardie region. Oise department. Hippodrome of Chantilly. French... 

Thomas Hoepker 1974

GERMANY. Bavaria, 1974. A traditional Bavarian garment in the... 

Martin Parr 1990

SWITZERLAND. Kleine Scheidegg. 1990. 

Martin Parr 1999

USA. California. Santa Monica. 1999. 

Martin Parr 1999

GB. England. Weymouth. 1999. 

Martin Parr 2001

G.B. ENGLAND. Italian Gnome. 2001.

Peter Marlow 2001

Russian Federation. Kaliningrad. 2001.Women on the street outside... 

Alex Webb 2003

GREECE. Mytilini. 2003. 

George Rodger 1970

ROMANIA. Sunflowers are a staple crop of Romania. The seeds being... 

Alex Webb 1995

USA. Brooklyn, New York. 1995. Brooklyn Botanical Garden. 

Harry Gruyaert 1985

12th arrondissement. Marché d'Aligre (Aligre market). 

Werner Bischof Estate 1954

MEXICO. 1954. 

Thomas Hoepker 1984

WEST GERMANY. RŸdesheim. 1984. The Niederwald Monument above... 
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