Wednesday 30 April 2014

Tuesday 29 April 2014

Mike Disfarmer

Family of Five with One Member in Military Uniform, 1939-46
Probably from Heber Springs, Arkansas, U.S.A.
Photo: Mike Disfarmer

Sunday 27 April 2014

Don McCullin

Catholic youth escaping a CS gas assault in the Bogside,
Londonderry, Northern Ireland, 1971
Photo: Don McCullin

Saturday 26 April 2014

Patty Hearst

Patty Hearst, 1974
Time Magazine Cover

Patty Hearst's arrest photo, 1975

Patricia Campbell Hearst, is an American newspaper heiress, socialite, actress, kidnap victim, and convicted bank robber. Her kidnapping case is held by many as an example of Stockholm syndrome. (Wiki)

Friday 25 April 2014

Anthony van Dyck

Portrait Of A Monk Of The Benedictine Order
Holding A Skull, 1632
by Anthony van Dyck
Oil on canvas

Thursday 24 April 2014

Wednesday 23 April 2014

Napoleon Sarony

Ella Wesner, male impersonator,
New York, ca.1880
Photo: Napoleon Sarony
Albumen print

Monday 21 April 2014

Einar Erici

Bell tower of Gryta Church, Uppland
Sweden, 1934
Photo: Einar Erici

Sunday 20 April 2014

Alvin, Texas

Alvin Motel, Highway 6 and 35, Alvin, Texas
Postcard Issued 1930 - 1945

Saturday 19 April 2014

Enrico Natali

Couple at home with their daughter, Detroit, 1968
Photo: Enrico Natali

Friday 18 April 2014

Jean-Baptiste Sabatier-Blot

Portrait of a woman and Sabatier's daughter, ca.1852
Photo: Jean-Baptiste Sabatier-Blot
Daguerreotype

Thursday 17 April 2014

Wednesday 16 April 2014

Louis Daguerre

Louis Daguerre, 1844
Photo: Jean-Baptiste Sabatier-Blot
Daguerreotype

Louis Daguerre was a French artist and photographer,
recognized for his invention of the daguerreotype process of photography.

Tuesday 15 April 2014

Monday 14 April 2014

Edward Hopper

Boy and Moon, 1906/07
by Edward Hopper
Watercolour and ink on paper

Night Shadows, 1921
by Edward Hopper
Etching on dark cream wove paper

Sunday 13 April 2014

Viennese Portrait

Portrait of a Young woman, ca.1880
Wien (Vienna)
Photographer Reuter & Pokorny

Saturday 12 April 2014

Moorish Women

Distinguished Moorish women, Algiers, Algeria, ca.1895
Photochrom Print
(Library of Congress)

Friday 11 April 2014

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este
with his first elephant. Kalawewa, Sri Lanka. 1892/93
Photo: Eduard Hodek junior

Wednesday 9 April 2014

Altamira

Painting of a bison in the cave of Altamira,
Spain. ca.16500 years ago.
Photo: Rameessos

Tuesday 8 April 2014

Monday 7 April 2014

Arnold Genthe

Two Jazz Age sunbathers at Long Beach, New York, 1920s
Photo: Arnold Genthe
Nitrate negative

Sunday 6 April 2014

Hans Bellmer

La Poupée, (The Doll) 1935
Photo & Installation by Hans Bellmer

Saturday 5 April 2014

Allen Ginsberg

Allen Ginsberg, 1974
East 14th Street, New York City
Photo: Michael Tighe

Friday 4 April 2014

Thursday 3 April 2014

Big Jay McNeely

Big Jay McNeely driving crowd into frenzy,
Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 1953
Photo: Bob Willoughby

Wednesday 2 April 2014

The Gibsons of Scilly

The Hansy, (Norwegian) 1911
Wrecked in Housel Bay, Cornwall, England
Photo: The Gibsons of Scilly

Tuesday 1 April 2014