Long before the smartphone, touching photo booth selfies, taken by women during the 20th century from the Edwardian era to the late 1970's.

A real trip back in time to explore Paris between 1900 and 1960 thanks to photographers like Doisneau, Ronis or Boubat

Fashion photographer Shae de Tar creates dreamy images that feel like spellbinding illusions. With her technique of handpainting photos she creates images that remind us of 1960′s concert posters. In her work, Shae de Tar combines well-curated clothing, vibrant colors and sensual female figures with a surreal aesthetic that gives it an atmospheric touch of […]

When Sebastien Lifshitz stumbled upon photo albums of a gay couple in the 50s, he was struck by the fearlessness of those who risked everything to live free and spirited lives.

Подборка разного, интересного и прекрасного. Photographed by Bob Landry in 1946. Princess Yvonne und Prince Alexander, 1955.jpg Back Garden Cabaret Gertrude Ksebier, Lollipops, 1910. Gertrude Ksebier, The Letter, 1906. Jacques Henri Lartigue. Anna Pavlova (February 12th, 1881 - January…

Artificial limbs from 1900 were decades ahead of their time

Relive the memories of Old Philippines with these fascinating colorized photographs.

April 2018 Polixeni Papapetrou (Australian, 1960-2018) Drag queen wearing cut out dress 1993 From the series Drag Queens 1988-1999 Gelatin silver photograph 28.5 x 28.5cm Courtesy the…

My Mother and I recently signed up for the Millinery course at Stratford Off The Wall, the place where I took my Faux Food class this past September. Over the course of the week, we will learn how …

. Anna Moffo on the set of the Italian film A Story of Love 10 November 1965 5 o'clock. The fitting of our Violetta in her Karinska costumes over. Everyone pleased. (from Beaton in The Sixties) Cecil Beaton created glorious gowns for the opening season of the Metropolitan Opera Company's 1966 La Traviata at Lincoln Center-dressed in the reds and golds of the Met. For the costumes, Beaton said "I wanted the colours to have a gold light-dark but sparkling, scintillating." Karinska made the gowns and headresses-scouring about for old laces, jet, tinsel, ribbons to get the effect -a look of-lushness-a heaviness indicative of 1860 that Beaton desired. Alfred Lunt's stage sets were designed by Beaton as well. I have the worst ear for criticism; even when I have created a stage set I like, I always hear the woman in the back of the dress circle who says she doesn't like blue. Cecil Beaton gown for Violetta by Beaton, worn by Marisa Berenson in Vogue September 1966 In the 1966 production-Violetta was sung by coloratura soprano Anna Moffo. Anna Moffo- as Violetta,1966, another Violeta costume, below Madame Karinska, Russian born costume maker was much favored by Beaton. She had won an Oscar for her work on costumes for the 1948 film Joan of Arc. George Balanchine spoke to Beaton of her greatness-saying "There is no one like her. When she is gone, it will be finished..." these images of the Beaton costumes- from mille fiori here I can always count of Bart Boehlert to be on the spot of the newest and most exciting exhibits and here is his look at Cecil Beaton: The New York Years" exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York the MCNY here another costume at the Telegraph here.

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News Art: Manipulated Photographs from the Burns Archive presents the unexplored visual history of the melding of art, photography, and journalism. It is the first work to document the fascinating combination of art and photography necessary to achieve accurate copy or story emphasis in newspapers. These images from 1900-1960 illustrate the range of art enhancement-from simple outlining or airbrushing to complete overpainting. They are all individual creations, one-of-a-kind photographs. Even if other newspapers used a copy of the same photograph, as was often the case, the artistic preparation was unique. The subjects are as varied as our world: crime scenes, world events, social and business personalities, and human interest stories. All were important in their time and some stand as timeless icons. One of the characteristics of collecting art is the concept of owning an "original" work. These hand-painted news photographs offer collectors that opportunity in a photographic field that is still available and open to discovery. Connoisseurs of subjects such as crime, sports, and theater can find powerful and unique images to expand the depth of their collections. News Art will serve as a guide to these fascinating photographs, providing curators and collectors a primary resource for comparison, identification, and rarity. Written by Stanley B. Burns 128 pages Published by powerHouse Books, 2009 Hardcover 9.3 x 11.1 inches

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In 1908 Lewis Hine became the photographer for the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC), leaving his teaching position. Over the next decade, Hine documented child labor, with focus on the use of child labor in the Carolina Piedmont, to aid the NCLC's lobbying efforts to end the practice. In 1913, he documented child laborers among

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“The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there.” There are few lines so frequently quoted as L.P. Hartley’s opening to The Go-Between, and it is a sentiment very much borne out by the eclectic content of the Retronaut...

his shirt - Lou Marchetti (1920–1992) Stanley Klimley (1915 - 2001) Robert O. Reid (1921-2009) Otto Glaser (1915-1991) Helios - Pierre Brenot (1913 - 1998) От http://startwithsunset.tumblr.com/ Portrait of a Lady - Thomas Edwin Mostyn The Wedding - Raimundo Madrazo y Garreta La Cote d’Armor Plage-…

This week, 24 incredible, powerful, haunting photographs will be going up on the auction block at Bonhams in New York. These are photographs that are

Robert Doisneau The Stairway, 1952

Fashion photographer Shae de Tar creates dreamy images that feel like spellbinding illusions. With her technique of handpainting photos she creates images that remind us of 1960′s concert posters. In her work, Shae de Tar combines well-curated clothing, vibrant colors and sensual female figures with a surreal aesthetic that gives it an atmospheric touch of […]