May 21st, 2013
tuesday-johnson: ca. 1860-1890’s, [carte de visite portrait of a musician hard at work with his beautiful mother-of-pearl inlay guitar] via Capitol Gallery, Cabinet Card & Carte de Visite Catalogue

tuesday-johnson:

ca. 1860-1890’s, [carte de visite portrait of a musician hard at work with his beautiful mother-of-pearl inlay guitar]

via Capitol Gallery, Cabinet Card & Carte de Visite Catalogue

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May 21st, 2013
honey-rider: Dorota Wójcik as Veronique a Maid Ellen Von Unwerth from Revenge

honey-rider:

Dorota Wójcik as Veronique a Maid

Ellen Von Unwerth from Revenge

(via honey-rider)

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May 21st, 2013
lauramcphee: Melina Mercouri dans « Phaedra » 1961 (Roger Corbeau)

lauramcphee:

Melina Mercouri dans « Phaedra » 1961 (Roger Corbeau)

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May 21st, 2013
Inside / Outside by Katherine Du Tiel, 1994

I have always been interested in human anatomy because it is an attempt to figure out what is beneath the surface of the skin: I am interested in probing beyond surface experience.

I am looking at scientific representation and how it is imposed upon the body. We demand some sense of order in the world. And we are always defeated. This is the human condition. Scientific/technological progress particularly since the late 19th century has reinforced the schism between the concrete and the intangible, privileging physical absolutes and human authority over spiritual considerations. [ftp]

Also

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May 21st, 2013
sophiavloren: young Sophia

sophiavloren:

young Sophia

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May 21st, 2013
frenchtwist: via kirgiakos: Gianni Berengo Gardin (b.1930) ‘‘Varese’’, 1987

frenchtwist:

via kirgiakos:

Gianni Berengo Gardin (b.1930)

‘‘Varese’’, 1987

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May 21st, 2013
tuesday-johnson: ca. 1858, [ambrotype portrait of a smiling young girl with a book] via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, Skylight Gallery

tuesday-johnson:

ca. 1858, [ambrotype portrait of a smiling young girl with a book]

via Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs, Skylight Gallery

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May 21st, 2013
natgeofound: A “drugstore cowboy” preparing to deliver orders on his bicycle in Texas, 1938.Photograph by Luis Marden, National Geographic

natgeofound:

A “drugstore cowboy” preparing to deliver orders on his bicycle in Texas, 1938.
Photograph by Luis Marden, National Geographic

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May 21st, 2013
Dreaming / The Waiting by Veronica Ebert, 2009

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May 21st, 2013
hollyhocksandtulips: Maria Callas

hollyhocksandtulips:

Maria Callas

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