Friday, 20 September 2013

Movie Still

Sarah Miles with Dirk Bogarde in The Servant, 1963

The Servant is Harold Pinter's 1963 film adaptation of a 1948 novelette
by Robin Maugham. A British production directed by Joseph Losey.

Thursday, 19 September 2013

Ship's Crew

Assembled crew on the bridge ca.1900
(Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia)
In the foreground, to the right is a 1 inch 4-barrel
Nordenfelt Mk III Machine-Gun.

Wednesday, 18 September 2013

Leipzig Portrait

Portrait of a young woman
Germany, ca.1900
Photo: A. & F. Naumann

Tuesday, 17 September 2013

Monday, 16 September 2013

Brockton Fair

Brockton Fair, Massachusetts, 1933
Leslie Jones Collection
(Boston Public Library)

Sunday, 15 September 2013

Hoola-Hooping

Helen and Her Hoola-Hoop, 1986
Seacoal Camp, Lynemouth, Northumberland, England
Photo: Chris Killip
Gelatin silver print

Saturday, 14 September 2013

Friday, 13 September 2013

Goya

Witches in the Air, 1797-98
by Francisco de Goya
Oil on canvas

Wednesday, 11 September 2013

Independence

'Those who fought for our independence.'
Revista de Revistas magazine, 1934
Cover Art: Ernesto "el Chango" García Cabral

Tuesday, 10 September 2013

Beuys in America

"I like America and America likes me" 1974
(Performance Art)

by Joseph Beuys

Monday, 9 September 2013

Beuys

Joseph Beuys, 1967
German Artist
Photo: Liselotte Strelow

Sunday, 8 September 2013

Observation

Looking into the mouth of a big fish
Florida, 1956
Photo: Alfred Eisenstaedt

Saturday, 7 September 2013

Tartar Or Manchu Female

Example of coiffure worn by Tartar Or Manchu Female
Peking, Pechili Province, China, 1869
Photo: John Thomson

Friday, 6 September 2013

Artaud

Portrait of Antonin Artaud, 1947
Photo: Jean-François Cholley

La Maladresse sexuelle de dieu, 1946
(The sexual clumsiness of God)
by Antonin Artaud

Thursday, 5 September 2013

Johnnie Billington

Johnnie Billington, 2012
Lambert, Quitman County, Mississippi, USA
From The photo essay "The children of King Cotton"
Photo: Henning Bode

Wednesday, 4 September 2013

Sunday, 1 September 2013

Swedish Family Portrait

Portrait of a young family
Sweden ca.1900
Photo: K. Stein, Hernösand