Featured Source for August 2025: Paul Almásy

akg-images is proud to represent Paul Almásy.

Born in Budapest in 1906, Almásy embarked on his path to photojournalism after studying political science in Vienna and Heidelberg. He began his career in the early 1930s and quickly rose to prominence as a leading photojournalist. Over the next three decades, Almásy travelled extensively—spending up to ten months each year on the road—photographing mostly people, with an eye for cultural detail with a genuine respect for his subjects. His lifelong dedication resulted in an extraordinary archive of 120,000 black-and-white negatives, capturing the breadth of 20th-century life and history.

akg-images holds just under 24,000 digital images from Paul Almásy, and thousands more 6x6cm negatives, available for editorial and creative use.

Enjoy these curated selections, and view the albums by clicking the orange header for each continent. You can see more of the collection on the akg-images website.

Asia

Overseer Inous, one of the last two ushers of the residence of the governor of Chandernagor / French India / Photo, 1950 AKG966363 © akg-images / Paul AlmasyView from the Ganges to the Chausatti Ghat, Benares, India / Photo, 1950 AKG985120 © akg-images / Paul AlmasySewing machine factory 'Lih-Tzer' in Taipei (Taiwan) / Photo, 1966 AKG1029065 © akg-images / Paul Almasy

Tokyo, street scene / Photo 1960s AKG1029151 © akg-images / Paul AlmasyAyutthaya, reclining Buddha statue / photo 1966 AKG8740037 © akg-images / Paul Almasy

Tea tasting in a tea factory in Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo, 1967 AKG353009 © akg-images / Paul AlmasyPearl cultivation in Japan: woman sorting pearls, Mikimoto Pearl Island (Mie Prefecture, Japan) AKG4219065 © akg-images / Paul Almasy

Iran: little girl working at a handloom (Isfahan). Photo, 1964 AKG1000763 © akg-images / Paul AlmasyAfghanistan, children / photo c. 1964 AKG235510 © akg-images / Paul AlmasyHong Kong, Victoria, Street scene / Photo c. 1960 AKG418003 © akg-images / Paul Almasy

Jordan / Palestinian refugees. Photo, 1963 AKG11056595 © akg-images / Paul AlmasyPupils at Manipal Institute of Technology, Karnataka, India / Photo, 1962 AKG966590 © akg-images / Paul Almasy

Europe

"Fromage de Parme". (Depot with cheese in a dairy in Parma, Italy). Photo, c. 1960 AKG183146 © akg-images / Paul AlmasyParis, Arc de Triomphe, La Marseillaise AKG8740074 © akg-images / Paul AlmasyForklift production / GDR / Crane operator / Photo 1968 AKG1620344 © akg-images / Paul Almasy

Roma Camp near Paris / Photo, 1957/58 AKG433329 © akg-images / Paul AlmasyAnglers in a boat on Lake Wolfgangsee. Photo, undated AKG236839 © akg-images / Paul AlmasyItaly, street sweeper during a break / Photo, 1953 AKG1566415 © akg-images / Paul Almasy

Young women at Paris Fair / Photo / 1960 AKG468026 © akg-images / Paul AlmasySuzy Carrier, sitting, and the actress Pascale Roberts (b 1933) train in the gym of the Gymnase Cohen for a joint performance as acrobats at the trapeze. Photo, February 1957 AKG2355177 © akg-images / Paul Almasy

Andorra. A metre long cigar / Photo 1946 AKG233321 © akg-images / Paul AlmasyA rat catcher at work in Paris, 1960 AKG1108037 © akg-images / Paul Almasy

Young woman at Café de Flore, Paris. Photo, 1965 AKG5519988 © akg-images / Paul AlmasyView Across the Roofs of Dubrovnik, Croatia / Photo, 1974 AKG274933 © akg-images / Paul Almasy

Africa

Dancing children, Nigeria / Photo, 1964 AKG974023 © akg-images / Paul AlmasyIvory Coast / Wood Carver / Photo 1965 AKG289155 © akg-images / Paul Almasy

Shell petrol station in the desert near Hassi-Messaoud (Algeria): An Algerian sits in the shade under a company sign. Photo, 1963 AKG195096 © akg-images / Paul AlmasyBedouin woman with camel in southern Tunisia / Photo, 1959 AKG974026 © akg-images / Paul Almasy

People in the old part of Dakar celebrating the independence of Senegal: Drummer. Photo, 1958 AKG167243 © akg-images / Paul AlmasyOasis in the Great Erg: Children on a sand dune, Sahara, Africa / Photo, 1936 AKG403737 © akg-images / Paul AlmasyYoung Ndebele woman carrying branches. Photo, 1953 AKG290583 © akg-images / Paul Almasy

Rwanda-Urundi / Watussi at war-dance AKG274941 © akg-imnages / Paul AlmasyStreet scene / Cape Town, South Africa / Photo, 1953 AKG974166 © akg-images / Paul Almasy

General shop in Kenya: Trader with customer / Photo, 1972 AKG2348781 © akg-images / Paul AlmasyDiamond Mine, South Africa / Photo, 1953 AKG974410 © akg-images / Paul AlmasyWorkshop of a Coppersmith, Morocco / Photo, 1952 AKG2355146 © akg-images / Paul Almasy

Nigeria: overcrowded passenger train at a railway station / Photo, 1966 AKG1000682 © akg-images / Paul AlmasyPeanut Harvest in Chad / Photo / 1961 AKG372273 © akg-images / Paul Almasy

South America

Brasilia / Palace of Justice / Photo/1961 AKG256685 © akg-images / Paul AlmasySao Paulo, Avenida Anhangabaú / Photo, 1954 AKG640612 © akg-images / Paul AlmasyBrasil, Rio de Janeiro, Corcovado terrace / photo 1965 AKG640114 © akg-images / Paul Almasy

Rio de Janeiro / Favelas / Photo / 1965 AKG640938 © akg-images / Paul AlmasyCapoeiristas: Brazilian champion Rudolf Hermanny against the runner-up Paul Léfèvre, Brazil / Photo, 1954 AKG641902 © akg-images / Paul Almasy

Street Scene in Sao Paulo, Brazil / Photo, 1950 AKG640516 © akg-images / Paul AlmasyIndian children with cattle on a country road on the Altiplano, Bolivia / Photo, 1954 AKG3793602 © akg-images / Paul Almasy

VW Beetle Paul Almasys on the road between Salta and La Quiaca in Argentina. AKG1029046 © akg-images / Paul AlmasyBolivia / Mother Carrying Child on her Back / Photo 1954 AKG1000583 © akg-images / Paul Almasy

People from the indigenous communities in front of a church. AKG1079833 © akg-images / Paul AlmasyPotter at work in Rio Mantaro, Peru. AKG967790 © akg-images / Paul Almasy

Animals

Pelicans being fed in a zoo AKG1108184 © akg-images / Paul AlmasyLlama caravan on the Altiplano in front of the Cordillera Real. Photo, 1954 AKG1107960 © akg-images / Paul AlmasyPilgrimage to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer in Provence (France) / Photo, 24/25 May 1969 AKG433275 © akg-images / Paul Almasy

Cook at "Rôtisserie Coq Hardy chez Sam" in Pontchartrain (France), holding a rooster (with an egg on its crest). Photo, 1965. AKG293580 © akg-images / Paul AlmasyStreet scene in Multan: transport of a car wreck on a cart drawn by oxen. Photo, 1964. AKG254746 © akg-images / Paul Almasy

Man's Hand Holding a Bird / Photo, 1950 AKG1028673 © akg-images / Paul AlmasyArles, amphitheater, bullfight / photo, 1978 AKG8993469 © akg-images / Paul Almasy

Donkeys wearing trousers on the Ile-de-Ré / Photo 1949 AKG1633682 © akg-images / Paul AlmasyElephants in a zoo. Date and location unknown. AKG289041 © akg-images / Paul AlmasyCanine fashion show at the Salon Cugnet: poodle on the catwalk, undated. AKG283983 © akg-images / Paul Almasy

Men Playing Snooker in Cape Town, undated AKG974337 © akg-images / Paul AlmasyParisian concierge with her cat, standing in the doorway AKG191536 © akg-images / Paul Almasy

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