Sunday, 20 July 2014

John Brown

John Brown, ca.1846
Photo: Augustus Washington
Quarter plate daguerreotype

Saturday, 19 July 2014

Friday, 18 July 2014

Thursday, 17 July 2014

Monday, 14 July 2014

Belshazzar's Feast

Belshazzar's Feast, 1635-38
by Rembrandt
Oil on canvas

Belshazzar's Feast is described in the Book of Daniel. The Babylonian king Belshazzar profanes the sacred vessels of the enslaved Israelites. As prophesied by the writing on the wall, and interpreted by Daniel, Belshazzar is killed and Darius the Mede succeeds to his kingdom. (Wiki)

Sunday, 13 July 2014

Jacques Henri Lartigue

Le Grand Prix A.C.F., 1913
Photo: Jacques Henri Lartigue
Gelatin silver print

Saturday, 12 July 2014

Friday, 11 July 2014

Émile Béchard

Woman from Luxor, ca.1880
Photo: Émile Béchard
Albumen print

Wednesday, 9 July 2014

Don McCullin

Don McCullin carrying an old woman to safety
during a gunbattle, Cyprus, ca.1964
Photo: John Bulmer

Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Joseph Beuys

The Silence (Das Schweigen), by Joseph Beuys, 1973
Five reels of Ingmar Berman’s film of the same name (1963)
Galvanized, Edition 30/50

Sunday, 6 July 2014

Saturday, 5 July 2014

Brassaï

Street Fair, Boulevard St. Jacques, Paris, 1931
Photo: Brassaï
Gelatin silver print

Friday, 4 July 2014

Young Picasso

Woman in Profile, 1901
by Pablo Picasso
Oil on paper board mounted on particle board

Tuesday, 1 July 2014