Friday 31 August 2018

Thursday 30 August 2018

Tuesday 28 August 2018

Saturday 25 August 2018

Maria Alyokhina


Maria Alyokhina of Pussy Riot has smuggled herself out of Russia after being barred by the government from travelling to perform at the Edinburgh festival fringe. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod.  Posted 18 Aug 2018, (theGuardian)

Friday 24 August 2018

Banana Docks

Banana Docks, New York
8 x 10 in. glass negative, ca.1900
(Detroit Publishing Co)

Thursday 23 August 2018

Bridgend


From the series Suicide Machine. ‘What is it that makes a “normal” town like Bridgend end up with such a bad reputation? On the surface it is just like any other town,’ says Dan Wood, a photographer for the collection. Photograph: Dan Wood.  Posted 23 March, 2018, (theGuardien)

Wednesday 22 August 2018

Tuesday 21 August 2018

Doris Lessing

Doris Lessing, British writer at the
Cologne literature festival, 2006 Germany
Photographer: Elke Wetzig

Monday 20 August 2018

Ceremony of the Void

Ceremony of the Void, 2017
Courtesy the artist and Galerie Antoine Levi, Paris

Sunday 19 August 2018

Boot Boys


From left: Brian Morgan, Martin Tebay, Paul McMillan, Phil Tickle and
Mike Comish. - Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, 1974. 
Photograph: Daniel Meadows

Saturday 18 August 2018

Brigantine Curaco

Brigantine Curaco (Curacao) ca.1907
8 x 10in. glass plate negative
(Detroit Publishing Co.)

Friday 17 August 2018

Central Park

Child with Toy Hand Grenade in Central Park, 1962
Photograph: Diane Arbus
Gelatin silver print

Thursday 16 August 2018

Roker Pier

People walk towards the lighthouse on Roker Pier in
Sunderland, north east England, on August 7, 2018.
Photograph: Paul Ellis - AFP

Wednesday 15 August 2018

The Muse

The muse and her portrait in the studio, n/d
(granddaughter Croí Sequoia Helnwein)

Monday 13 August 2018

Profane & Smart

Two Seven Year Old Newsies, Profane and Smart,
Selling Sunday Papers in Nashville, Tennessee, 1910
Photograph: Lewis Wickes Hine

Sunday 12 August 2018

Los Angeles


A reluctant suspect and a police officer in Los Angeles, 1934
Photograph: Cliff Wesselmann - BL Press LLC - Taschen
(theGuardian)

Saturday 11 August 2018

Mr. Crisp

English writer, raconteur and actor, Quentin Crisp, 1941
Photograph: Angus McBean
Bromide print on paper

Friday 10 August 2018

Pump

Pump, 2008-2010
Chromogenic print on Kodak
Endura paper mounted on dibond

Thursday 9 August 2018

In Earnest


Earnest boy squats on haunches and strains to follow lesson in heat
of packed classroom. South Africa. ca.1966. Gelatin silver print 
Photograph: Ernest Cole - Magnum Photos

Wednesday 8 August 2018

Film Still #15


Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #15, 1978.
Photograph: Courtesy of the artist and Metro Pictures, New York

Tuesday 7 August 2018

Bench Time

Three on a Bench, Detroit River, ca.1952
Photograph: Bill Rauhauser
Gelatin silver print

Monday 6 August 2018

Anti-Vietnam War Protest


Anti-Vietnam War Protest in London. Three hundred arrests 
were made and 90 police were hurt, many seriously, 1968.
Photograph: David Hurn - Magnum Photos

Sunday 5 August 2018

Tour de France


The finish of the first Tour. On the right, the first winner, Maurice Garin. On the left, probably Leon Georget (not sure). Tour de France July 1903. (Nationaal Archief of the Netherlands)


The pack rides through sunflower fields during the 18th stage of the 105th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, on July 26, 2018 between Trie-sur-Baise and Pau, southwestern France.
Photograph: Jeff Pachoud - AFP

Saturday 4 August 2018

Friday 3 August 2018

Bill & Alene

William Burroughs and Alene Lee

William Burroughs and Alene Lee, rooftop near Tompkins Park and Paradise Alley. Bill and I assembled Yage & Queer letters, Alene typed up the collaged manuscripts, Fall 1953. Photo: Allen Ginsberg, courtesy Stanford University Libraries/Allen Ginsberg Estate.

Wednesday 1 August 2018

Protest

Protesters standing up to fire hoses, 1963
Kelly Ingram Park, Birmingham, Alabama
Photograph: Bob Adelman