18 July
Born in 1921 — Richard Leacock, English cinematographer and documentary film director.
Above: Still from Robert Flaherty’s 1948 film, Louisiana Story, photographed by Leacock.
Also, born in 1933, Russian poet and playwright Yevgeny Yevtushenko:
Give me a mystery - just a plain and simple one - a mystery which is diffidence and silence, a slim little bare-foot mystery: give me a mystery - just one!