Saturday 31 December 2016

The Brontë Sisters


The Brontë Sisters, ca.1834
by Branwell Brontë
Oil on canvas

From left to right, they are Anne, Emily, and Charlotte;
Branwell originally painted himself between Emily and Charlotte,
but later painted himself out, so as not to clutter the picture.

(The Complete Poems of Emily Brontë)

Thursday 29 December 2016

Nadar

Nadar's Self-Portrait with Wife Ernestine
in a Balloon Gondola, ca.1865
Gelatin silver print

Wednesday 28 December 2016

Jeune Hortense

Jeune Hortense - A French brigantine which ran aground
at Long Rock, Cornwall, England, 1888
Photo: The Gibsons of Scilly

Tuesday 27 December 2016

Monday 26 December 2016

Thursday 22 December 2016

Tuesday 20 December 2016

Mallam Galadima Ahmadu

Mallam Galadima Ahmadu with Jamis, Nigeria, 2005
From the series 'The Hyena and other Men'
Photo: Pieter Hugo
Digital C-print

Monday 19 December 2016

Sunday 18 December 2016

Southern Jupiter

Southern Jupiter from Perijove 3
Image Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, SwRI, MSSS;
Processing: Damian Peach

Saturday 17 December 2016

Furnished Rooms

Front of a typical house offering furnished rooms for rent
District of Columbia, July 1935
Photo: Carl Mydans
Nitrate negative

Thursday 15 December 2016

Wednesday 14 December 2016

Kosciusko Mississippi


"Some of the young workers, not the youngest, in the Kosciusko Cotton Mills.
Superintendent objected to my taking photographs." Location, Kosciusko,
Mississippi, November 1913.
Photograph by Lewis Wickes Hine.     (Shorpy)

Monday 12 December 2016

Saturday 10 December 2016

Thursday 8 December 2016

Rich Hall

Rich Hall - comedian, musician, writer, director,
Taunton, England, 15 April 2016
Photo: Tina Downham

Wednesday 7 December 2016

Tuesday 6 December 2016

Sunday 4 December 2016

Saturday 3 December 2016

Belle Of The Bends


"A Mississippi River landing."
The sidewheeler Belle of the Bends taking on
cargo alongside the sternwheeler Belle of Calhoun.
8x10 inch dry plate glass negative.  Memphis ca.1906.
Detroit Publishing Company.    (Shorpy)