Saturday 30 November 2013

Baltimore Tram

Baltimore, Maryland, 1943
Tram leaving the terminal at night.
Photo: Marjory Collins

Friday 29 November 2013

The Honey Thief

Venus with Cupid the Honey Thief, 1530
by Lucas Cranach the Elder
German Renaissance painter and printmaker.

Thursday 28 November 2013

August Strindberg

August Strindberg, Stockholm, 1912
Photo: Sven Åsberg
Strindberg was a Swedish playwright, novelist,
poet, essayist and painter.

Wednesday 27 November 2013

Vero Beach

People bathing at Vero Beach, Florida
Postcard - Issued 1930-45

Tuesday 26 November 2013

Manuel Álvarez Bravo

Manuel Álvarez Bravo, London, 1980
Mexican photographer
Photo: Bill Jay

Monday 25 November 2013

Sunday 24 November 2013

Iggy Pop

Iggy Pop at Harvard Square Theatre, 1977
Photo: Paul McAlpine

Saturday 23 November 2013

Portrait by Rembrandt

Portrait of Remonstrant Minister
Johannes Wtenbogaert (1557-1644)
by Rembrandt, 1633
Oil on canvas
(Rijksmuseum Amsterdam)

Friday 22 November 2013

Mujeres Presas

Untitled, 1991-93 - 'Mujeres Presas' Series
Photo: Adriana Lestido

Adriana Lestido is an Argentine photographer and photojournalist.
Her black-and-white photographs document the often difficult place
of women in society.

Thursday 21 November 2013

Toulouse-Lautrec

Poster advertising Aristide Bruant
in his Cabaret at the Ambassadeurs, 1892
by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Wednesday 20 November 2013

Film Noir Poster

Touch of Evil, 1958
Directed by and co-starring Orson Welles

A still from 'Touch of Evil'

Tuesday 19 November 2013

Monsieur Daguerre

Boulevard du Temple, taken by Daguerre in 1838 in Paris,
includes the earliest known photograph of a person.

Louis-Jacques Daguerre, French artist and physicist recognized
for his invention of the daguerreotype process of photography.

Monday 18 November 2013

Sunday 17 November 2013

August Sander

August Sander, Self-Portrait, 1925
German portrait and documentary photographer
Gelatin silver print

Middle-Class Children, Germany, 1925
Photo: August Sander

Saturday 16 November 2013

Friday 15 November 2013

Disfarmer

Unidentified Young Woman, ca.1940s
Probably from Heber Springs, Arkansas, U.S.A.
Photo: Mike Disfarmer

Thursday 14 November 2013

Beardsley

Aubrey Beardsley, ca1895
English illustrator
Photo: Frederick H. Evans

The Savoy No. 8.
Don Juan, Sganarelle and the Beggar
by Aubrey Beardsley 1896
Graphite and ink

Wednesday 13 November 2013

Tuesday 12 November 2013

Edward Weston

Pepper, #30
1930
Photo: Edward Weston
Silver gelatin contact print

Monday 11 November 2013

Rembrandt

Pharisees in the Temple
(Jews in the synagogue), 1648
by Rembrandt
Etching

Sunday 10 November 2013

J. P. Morgan

J. Pierpont Morgan, 1903
Photo: Edward Steichen
Note retouched Rhinophyma and how Steichen lit
the chair's arm to look like a knife.

John Pierpont "J. P." Morgan (1837 – 1913)
was an American financier, banker, philanthropist and art collector.

Saturday 9 November 2013

Friday 8 November 2013

Deakin

John Deakin, ca.1970
English photographer
Photo: Luke Kelly
Bromide print

Wednesday 6 November 2013

Lucian Freud

John Deakin, 1964
by Lucian Freud
Oil on canvas

Lucian Freud, 1947
Photo: Clifford Coffin

Tuesday 5 November 2013

Monday 4 November 2013

Seaside Snap

Seaside family snap
1920s or early 1930s
From the 'Amersham and Kent House, SE London Series'
 England

Sunday 3 November 2013

Utamaro

Lovers in the upstairs room of a teahouse, ca.1788
From Utamakura (Poem of the Pillow)
Sheet from a wood block colour printed album.
by Kitagawa Utamaro

Saturday 2 November 2013

S.S. Great Eastern

The S.S. Great Eastern as gargantuan
advertising billboard at North Wall, Dublin ca.1886
(National Library of Ireland)

Friday 1 November 2013