Vivian Maier

Untitled

New York, 1953

Photo: Vivian Maier

Young Australian Woman

Young woman with a long braid, ca.1870

Photo: Townsend Duryea

(Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia)

Illustration by Gustave Doré

The Council of the Rats, ca 1870

Illustration by Gustave Doré

Wood engraving

The Council Held By The Rats

As the story (ascribed to Aesop) goes… a certain cat spread so much terror through the kingdom of the rats that they held a council to decide what should be done. One wise old rat suggested that a bell should be fastened around the cat’s neck to give warning of his approach, and all approved of this idea. But who was to do it? Nobody volunteered and the whole thing ended in talk.
(Quoted after Robert L. Peters)

Monsieur Doré

Gustave Doré, 1855

French artist, engraver, and illustrator.

Photo: Félix Nadar

Baltimore Tram

Baltimore, Maryland, 1943

Tram leaving the terminal at night.

Photo: Marjory Collins

The Honey Thief

Venus with Cupid the Honey Thief, 1530

by Lucas Cranach the Elder

German Renaissance painter and printmaker.

August Strindberg

August Strindberg, Stockholm, 1912

Photo: Sven Åsberg

Strindberg was a Swedish playwright, novelist,

poet, essayist and painter.

Vero Beach

People bathing at Vero Beach, Florida

Postcard - Issued 1930-45

Manuel Álvarez Bravo

Manuel Álvarez Bravo, London, 1980

Mexican photographer

Photo: Bill Jay

Señor de Papantla

Man from Papantla, 1934

(Mexico)

Photo: Manuel Álvarez Bravo

Iggy Pop

Iggy Pop at Harvard Square Theatre, 1977

Photo: Paul McAlpine

Portrait by Rembrandt

Portrait of Remonstrant Minister

Johannes Wtenbogaert (1557-1644)

by Rembrandt, 1633

Oil on canvas

(Rijksmuseum Amsterdam)

Mujeres Presas

Untitled, 1991-93 - 'Mujeres Presas' Series

Photo: Adriana Lestido

Adriana Lestido is an Argentine photographer and photojournalist.

Her black-and-white photographs document the often difficult place

of women in society.

Toulouse-Lautrec

Poster advertising Aristide Bruant

in his Cabaret at the Ambassadeurs, 1892

by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

Film Noir Poster

Touch of Evil, 1958

Directed by and co-starring Orson Welles

A still from 'Touch of Evil'

Monsieur Daguerre

Boulevard du Temple, taken by Daguerre in 1838 in Paris,

includes the earliest known photograph of a person.

Louis-Jacques Daguerre, French artist and physicist recognized

for his invention of the daguerreotype process of photography.

Burroughs

William S. Burroughs, 1990

 Photo: Gottfried Helnwein

August Sander

August Sander, Self-Portrait, 1925

German portrait and documentary photographer

Gelatin silver print

Middle-Class Children, Germany, 1925

Photo: August Sander

Marilyn

Marilyn Monroe, 1957

Photo: Richard Avedon

Disfarmer

Unidentified Young Woman, ca.1940s

Probably from Heber Springs, Arkansas, U.S.A.

Photo: Mike Disfarmer