DARK MATTER

The pictures show glimpses of life in Cardiff's Tiger Bay almost 70 years ago.

Photos of Tiger Bay, taken for Picture Post magazine by Bert Hardy in 1950.

Tiger Bay is Wales' oldest multi-ethnic community and sprang up in the 1800s when sailors from around the world came to work around the city's prosperous coal trade.

Photo: Bert Hardy

Tiger Bay neighborhood in Cardiff, Wales

Photos of Tiger Bay, taken for Picture Post magazine by Bert Hardy in 1950.

Tiger Bay is Wales' oldest multi-ethnic community and sprang up in the 1800s when sailors from around the world came to work around the city's prosperous coal trade.

Photo: Bert Hardy

Step Children, 30th July 1949

Children sitting on the steps of their school. UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) has been working to tackle community problems and raise living standards in Haiti.

 First International Congress of Black Writers and Artists.

Harlem, New York, 1970s.

Photo: Manel Armengol

Etta James rehearsing a song in session!. 1960s.

Little Hayti (pronounced Hay-tie), Black Wall Street, Durham, NC.

Interior of Hayti landmark DeShazor’s Beauty College, circa 1950.

Kids playing in Brooklyn, New York, 1972.

Photo: Winston Vargas

Brooklyn, New York, 1972.

Photo: Winston Vargas

Valeria Perojo Frias, born in Pinar del Rio, Cuba on March 23, 1926. This photograph was taken sometime in the mid to late 1940′s.

African American women and children receiving aid from the Baltimore Emergency Relief Commission photographed at home in their kitchen, 1934.

Mangueira samba school revellers perform at the Sambadrome during Carnival in Rio de Janeiro.

A Mangueira samba school reveller performs at the Sambadrome during Carnival in Rio de Janeiro.

Tropicana in Hanana Cuba.

Alongside the street parades, every weekend (during carnival) sees the famous masked balls hosted by the Touloulous. A Touloulou is a woman dressed up from head to toe (in a grandiose dress, mask, gloves, and wig) who remains anonymous as she invites men to dance. These evenings, organized in "universities" (local dance halls), are unique to French Guiana and exist nowhere else.

They usually take place every Saturday evening in Cayenne and the surrounding area, and sometimes on Fridays in certain towns (for example, Kourou or Saint-Laurent may schedule balls on Fridays).