Shirley MacLaine

Posted on March 17, 2014August 27, 2017 Posted in Bert Stern, Newspapers and magazines, Photography, Shirley MacLaineLeave a comment

Bert Stern, 1960 [Esquire Magazine]

Dark dandy

Posted on February 2, 2013August 27, 2017 Posted in David Bebber, Newspapers and magazines, Photography, Sebastian HorsleyLeave a comment

David Bebber ~ The artist Sebastian Horsley at home in his Soho flat, 2012 [The Times]

Twiggy

Posted on January 16, 2013August 27, 2017 Posted in 1960s, Bert Stern, Fashion, Flowers, Newspapers and magazines, Photography, TwiggyLeave a comment

Bert Stern ~ Vogue 1967

The most exciting woman on earth ― Orson Welles

Posted on December 24, 2012August 27, 2017 Posted in Favorite Quotes, George Silk, LIFE, Newspapers and magazines, Orson Welles, PhotographyLeave a comment

George Silk ~ Eartha Kitt, 1955 [LIFE]

Mothers are all slightly insane ― J. D. Salinger

Posted on December 10, 2012August 27, 2017 Posted in Arts and Crafts, Fashion, Littérature, Newspapers and magazines, Uncategorized1 Comment

McCall’s Needlework & Crafts ~ Girl’s Face Mask, Fall-Winter 1965-66

➜ Handmade by Mother

The Optimist

Posted on November 30, 2012August 27, 2017 Posted in Art, Edwin Whitney-Smith, Miss Sarah Dover, Newspapers and magazines, Photography, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Miss Sarah Dover of London, England, looking at the statue of herself done by Edwin Whitney-Smith, 1931

The Portville review, Portville, Cattaraugus County, NY ~ Thursday July 30, 1931

February 1967

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Stroboscopic image

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Gjon Mili ~ Little girl walking and smiling at camera, 1941

Saved at the Altar

Posted on October 23, 2012August 27, 2017 Posted in Film, Kim Novak, Mack Sennett, Newspapers and magazines, Photography, Ralph Crane, Rock Hudson, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Ralph Crane ~ Kim Novak and Rock Hudson, performing a spoof Mack Sennett’s comedy, July 1958

LIFE Dec. 22, 1958

Don’t put my name on it. These are simply documents I make. – Man Ray

Posted on October 19, 2012August 27, 2017 Posted in Art, Lewis Mumford, Newspapers and magazines, Photography, UncategorizedLeave a comment

Man Ray ~ … pocket cigarette-lighter juxtaposed to a walnut that looks like some opened brains…

Lewis Mumford ~ The New Yorker, 1934