Saturday, 30 November 2019

Annie Oakley


The American exhibition shooter made her name in Ohio, aged 15, by winning a contest against Frank E Butler, whom she went on to marry. The pair took their talents on tour as part of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show and she performed all over the world, including for Queen Victoria. She also campaigned for women to be allowed to join the armed forces. Her story was immortalised in the musical Annie Get Your Gun. 
(Baker's Art Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, 1880's)

Friday, 29 November 2019

Hungary


Amputee, Hungary, 1916
Unknown photographer (Fortepan)
(Capital of Budapest Archives)

 
Woman and boy, Hungry, 1935
Unknown photographer (Fortepan)
(Capital of Budapest Archives)

Thursday, 28 November 2019

Amir Khojasteh

Portrait of a Lonely Man #2, 2019
by Amir Khojasteh
Oil on canvas

Comandante, 2018
Oil on canvas

Wednesday, 27 November 2019

Sinatra


Frank Sinatra with his minders and stand-in, who is wearing an identical outfit to the singer and actor, in Miami Beach while filming 'The Lady in Cement' in 1968. Photograph: Terry O’Neill - Iconic Images

Tuesday, 26 November 2019

Prague


A young woman protester is arrested by a riot policeman at a demonstration in Prague’s Wenceslas Square commemorating the anniversary of the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact armies, which crushed the Prague Spring.  Photograph: Bohumil Eichler, 21 August, 1989

Monday, 25 November 2019

Garden Portrait

Portrait of a Woman Seated in a Garden, n/d
Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, Australia

Sunday, 24 November 2019

Dana Schutz


Dana Schutz at her art studio in Brooklyn in December with “Treadmill,” left, and “Boatman,” right. The painter, coming off one of the biggest art world controversies, says she now imagines her audience when she is painting. Credit...Rebecca Smeyne for The New York Times.

Saturday, 23 November 2019

The Shooting

"Shooting on the Air"
Inspired by the on-air murder
of two television journalists, 2016
Oil on canvas

Friday, 22 November 2019

Dial M


Dial M For Murder, 1954
British Quad film poster for the Alfred Hitchcock film

Thursday, 21 November 2019

Bauhaus - Monroe


A dancer from the Triadic Ballet, developed in 1922 by Bauhaus teacher Oskar Schlemmer, who also designed the costumes. 
Photograph: Getty Images


Marilyn Monroe  during the filming of  'The Seven Year Itch' 1954. 
Photograph: Sam Shaw

Wednesday, 20 November 2019

Musicians In Top Hats

Violinist, ca.1870
Unidentified Photographer

Trumpeter, ca.1870
Unidentified Photographer

Tuesday, 19 November 2019

Istanbul

Sirkeci, Istanbul, 1956
Photograph: Ara Güler
Gelatin silver print

A drunk man at a bar in Tophane, Istanbul, 1959
Photograph: Ara Güler
Gelatin silver print

Monday, 18 November 2019

Head Studies

Study for a Head, 1952
Oil on canvas

Desert Boy, 1995
Egg tempera on canvas

Sunday, 17 November 2019

Underground

London Underground - Wembley Park, 1979
Photograph: Mike Goldwater

London Underground - Westbourne Park, 1979
Photograph: Mike Goldwater

Friday, 15 November 2019

Troop Evacuation


Troops evacuated from Dunkirk on a destroyer about to berth at Dover, 31 May, 1940. War Office Second World War Official Collection.

Thursday, 14 November 2019

Girl From The Kara Tribe


A girl from the Kara tribe holds a rooster, Dus Village, Omo Valley, Ethiopia.
Photograph: Steve McCurry. Posted 6 Nov, 2019. (The Guardian)

Wednesday, 13 November 2019

Tuesday, 12 November 2019

Budapest


Budapest V. South of Kossuth Lajos Square, Hungary. Underground construction area. 1956  Unknown Photographer. 
(Fortepan) Capital of Budapest Archives.

Monday, 11 November 2019

South Goodwin Lightship Disaster


The South Goodwin Lightship is swamped during a hurricane force storm in November 1954. Seven crew lost their lives in the disaster off the Kent coast. Photograph: Stuart Heydinger - TopFoto