Top: George Hurrell and Jane Russell at his studio in 1942.
Bottom: Hurrell’s photograph of Russell from this session.
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Baron Adolf de Meyer (1908) Still Life. Photogravure.
Swallows (1930s) silver print, Vladimir Tolman
Bay of Angels (1963) opening credits. Directed by Jacques Demy. Sadly, this is the largest size I could post in which the gif still runs.
The Red Shoes (1948) German movie poster. Directed by Powell and Pressburger, with Anton Walbrook and Moira Shearer.
Cover art for Frenchman’s Creek (Daphne du Maurier, 1941). I don’t know which one to believe…the implication of tawdry romance on the right is pretty appealing.
It makes me very happy that beautiful gestures still exist in the world. These are from a series of book sculptures left anonymously at libraries and such all in various locations around Scotland. Each sculpture comes with a note that, among other sentiments, includes the phrase “A gift in support of libraries, books, words, ideas…”. The image above is a miniature theater sculpture left at the Filmhouse Cinema showing an audience watching movie characters spring off the screen. Check out the dragon in the nest left at the Scottish Storytelling Centre. Just lovely.
Edward Steichen Yachting (1928). Gelatin silver print. From the Conde Nast Archives, New York.
Vintage Balenciaga “chou” gown.
French new wave delights.
Top/Bottom Left: Catherine Deneuve and Francoise Dorleac in Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (1967). Directed by Jacques Demy.
Top Right: Alain Delon in Plein Soleil (1960). Directed by Rene Clement
Bottom Right: Anna Karina in Pierrot Le Fou (1965). Directed by Jean-Luc Godard.
