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Top: George Hurrell and Jane Russell at his studio in...

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:24:00 -0400

Top: George Hurrell and Jane Russell at his studio in 1942.

Bottom: Hurrell’s photograph of Russell from this session.

Baron Adolf de Meyer (1908) Still Life. Photogravure.

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 20:16:39 -0400

Baron Adolf de Meyer (1908) Still Life. Photogravure.

Swallows (1930s) silver print, Vladimir Tolman

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:31:56 -0400

Swallows (1930s) silver print, Vladimir Tolman

Bay of Angels (1963) opening credits. Directed by Jacques Demy....

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:57:00 -0400

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...

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 15:00:24 -0400

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,...

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:30:06 -0400

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...

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:59:00 -0400

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...

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:12:00 -0400

Edward Steichen Yachting (1928). Gelatin silver print. From the Conde Nast Archives, New York.

Vintage Balenciaga “chou” gown.

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 12:17:00 -0400

Vintage Balenciaga “chou” gown.

French new wave delights. Top/Bottom Left: Catherine Deneuve and...

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:09:34 -0400

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.

A photo I took in Venice of a tin can skull displayed along the...

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:17:31 -0400

A photo I took in Venice of a tin can skull displayed along the Grand Canal.

William Blake Sata Amor Adao e Eva (1808). Illustration for...

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:52:00 -0400

William Blake Sata Amor Adao e Eva (1808). Illustration for Paradise Lost.

Cornelia Parker Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View (1991). Mixed...

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 08:04:26 -0400

Cornelia Parker Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View (1991). Mixed Media. From the Tate Modern exhibition “Between Cinema and a Hard Place” (2000).

In A Lonely Place (1950). Directed by Nicholas Ray. Starring...

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:17:00 -0400

In A Lonely Place (1950). Directed by Nicholas Ray. Starring Humphrey Bogart and Gloria Grahame.

Julia Margaret Cameron The Sunflower (1866-1870). Albumen...

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:02:00 -0400

Julia Margaret Cameron The Sunflower (1866-1870). Albumen print. Collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Model Alice Liddell.

Gino Severini Dynamic Hieroglyphic of the Bal Tabarin (1912)....

Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:08:22 -0400

Gino Severini Dynamic Hieroglyphic of the Bal Tabarin (1912). Oil on canvas with sequins. Collection of the MoMA, New York. Below: detail from upper left portion of painting.

Odilon Redon Pegasus and Bellerophon (1888). Charcoal, gouache...

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:19:00 -0400

Odilon Redon Pegasus and Bellerophon (1888). Charcoal, gouache and chalk on paper. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

davidkbalzer: Mrs. Gardner in White (watercolour on paper,...

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:52:17 -0400

davidkbalzer:

Mrs. Gardner in White (watercolour on paper, 1920) by John Singer Sargent.

Ben Wisham in Bright Star (2009). Directed by Jane Campion.

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:19:00 -0400

Ben Wisham in Bright Star (2009). Directed by Jane Campion.

Cornelia Parker “Breathless” . The Victoria and...

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:01:00 -0400

Cornelia Parker “Breathless” . The Victoria and Albert Museum, London.