Friday 31 December 2021

Keith Haring

Keith Haring in a subway car in New York, ca.1983
Photograph: Tseng Kwong Chi

Pop Shop II, 1988
by Keith Haring
Silkscreen

Thursday 30 December 2021

David Olusoga


Historian and writer David Olusoga, photographed in Bristol for the author interview in the New Review. 2021. Photograph: Karen Robinson - The Observer.

Wednesday 29 December 2021

The Shadow

The Shadow, January 1, 1942

The Shadow, June 15, 1942
Artwork by Jerome & George Rozen

Tuesday 28 December 2021

South Africa


Portrait of Maqomama and his wife Katyi, South Africa, ca.1869. Photograph: William Moore (attr) Courtesy the Walther Collection.

Sunday 26 December 2021

California

Half Dome, Cottonwood Trees, Yosemite, California, 1935
Photograph: Ansel Adams
Gelatin silver print

Saturday 25 December 2021

The Christmas Season


Boy looking at Xmas toys in shop window in New York circa 1910. 5x7 glass negative, George Grantham Bain Collection. (Shorpy)


Children looking at a selection of Christmas Cards during the 1910 holiday season. The New York Times photo archive. Unknown author.

Friday 24 December 2021

Thursday 23 December 2021

Billy Williams


Billy Williams, 65-year-old squatter, living in a shack he built himself, Washington County, Illinois, January 1942. Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon. (Shorpy)

Wednesday 22 December 2021

Sunday 19 December 2021

Red Square

Decoration of the Red Square. Moscow, USSR. 1988
Photograph: Inge Morath - Magnum Photos

Saturday 18 December 2021

Friday 17 December 2021

Keep Out Of My Coffin!

Strange Detective, January 1943
Artwork by Milton Luros

Strange Detective, September 1942
Artwork by Milton Luros

Thursday 16 December 2021

Wednesday 15 December 2021

Black Earth


Farmers at Black Earth, Wisconsin. August 1941. Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration. (Shorpy)

Sunday 12 December 2021

Bela Yawanawá


Bela Yawanawá, from the village of Mutum, with a headdress and painted face. Rio Gregório indigenous territory, state of Acre, Brazil, 2016. Photograph: Sebastião Salgado.

Saturday 11 December 2021

Female Portraits

Portrait of a Lady, ca.1630
Oil on canvas

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2011
Photograph: David Alan Harvey
Magnum Photo

Thursday 9 December 2021

Belfast


Belfast, 1977, Two women casually walk past English soldiers in riot gear during protests in Belfast at Queen Elizabeth II’s August visit to Northern Ireland. Photograph: Michael Ward.

Wednesday 8 December 2021

Girl with Doll


“Girl with Doll, Keystone, WV,” 1968. Photograph: Arthur Tress. Fiber-based gelatin silver print. (Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia).

Monday 6 December 2021

Powerhouse Mechanic


Powerhouse Mechanic and Steam Pump,1921. One of Lewis Wickes Hine's celebrated "work portraits" made after his decade-long project documenting child labour. (Shorpy)

Sunday 5 December 2021

Tobias Zielony

Make Up, From Maskirovka, 2017
Photograph: Tobias Zielony
Inkjet print


Untitled, 2008, From the series Trona – Armpit of America, Courtesy KOW, Berlin. Photograph: Tobias Zielony.

Saturday 4 December 2021

Cycles

Terrot & Co Dijon, n/d

Pneus Pirelli, ca.1913
Artwork by S. C. Bailie

Friday 3 December 2021

Thursday 2 December 2021