Saturday, 29 September 2018

Reflection

Clementina Maude, 1863-4
Photograph: Clementina Hawarden
(Victoria & Albert Museum, London)

Friday, 28 September 2018

Parasitic Wasp


An X-ray image shows a concealed parasitic wasp inside mineralized, or fossilized, fly pupae. This particular specimen is about 30-40 million years old. Photo: Georg Oleschinski, Rendering Thomas van de Kamp.

Thursday, 27 September 2018

Child Portraits

Janna and Alona - Russia, 2003

Natsya - Russia, 2007
Photo: Michal Chelbin

Wednesday, 26 September 2018

Monday, 24 September 2018

The Opposite Sex


‘This is my friend Jess Yelton 'plus sign' I. Don’t we look like the opposite sexQ’ … a US card photo, ca.1930. Photograph courtesy Sebastien Lifshitz  (The Photographers’ Gallery)

Sunday, 23 September 2018

Saturday, 22 September 2018

Friday, 21 September 2018

Wedding Day


Chauffeur with his Willys MB (Jeep) waiting outside the Hastings town hall for
the bride and groom. ‎September ‎11, ‎2018. Photograph: Ray Wallis.

Thursday, 20 September 2018

Dr. Marcus Bunyan

Dr. Marcus Bunyan, 1992-94
Self portrait with punk jacket and flanny.

(Flanny: Australian slang. a garment made of flannel or flannelette.)

Wednesday, 19 September 2018

Tuesday, 18 September 2018

American Architecture

The Seagram Building and Exxon Building
on Sixth Avenue, New York in 1974
Photo: Ezra Stoller

Marin County civic center in
San Rafael, California in 1963
Photo: Ezra Stoller

Sunday, 16 September 2018

After Hurricane Maria


A street in Puerta de Tierra, San Juan, Puerto Rico, after Hurricane Maria ravaged the island in September 2017 - Photo: Erika Rodriguez for The New York Times/Bronxdoc.org

Friday, 14 September 2018

Thursday, 13 September 2018

Naples

Italian children and a beggar, Naples, Italy. 1962
Photo: Bruno Barbey - Magnum Photos

Wednesday, 12 September 2018

Tuesday, 11 September 2018

Monday, 10 September 2018

Sunday, 9 September 2018

Portrait of a Young Girl

Portrait of a young girl seated on wooden chair
Phillips Glass Plate Negative Collection
Unidentified photographer, n/d
(Powerhouse Museum)

Saturday, 8 September 2018

Thursday, 6 September 2018

Stewards & Nurses

Stewards and nurses, ca.1896
Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital
8 x 10 in. glass negative
(Detroit Publishing Co.)

Wednesday, 5 September 2018

Picture Contrast


Wedding pictures of the family around my mother-in-law’s TV set, showing 
Turkish TV serials.   Photo: Thomas Dworzak - Magnum. (theGuardian)

Monday, 3 September 2018

Saturday, 1 September 2018

Taboo

Trojan, Nichola and Leigh Bowery
at club Taboo, London, 1985
Photo: Dave Swindells