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Sidewalk Clock, New York, photographed byIda Wyman (1947)

Wyman was one of the nearly 100 female photographers of the Photo League, the pioneering documentary photo movement of the 1930s and 1940s. Here Wyman captures the movement and rhythm of the city. This unique sidewalk clock, embedded by Barthman Jewelers on the corner of Broadway and Maiden Lane in 1898, is a hidden gem of New York’s former jewelry district. In 1946, it was estimated that 51,000 people unwittingly stepped on the clock between 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. each day. The clock, which was given a new face shortly after this picture was taken, still works today.

Pearl Bailey photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1946.

foxesinbreeches:

typewritergirl, mythologyofblue:

Francesca Woodman, Untitled from Swan Song, 1978, gelatin silver print, courtesy George and Betty Woodman, © George and Betty Woodman.

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clolandois:nickdrake: patti smith

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borninflames:

Please forgive my boast but I want to tell you all that I have held this photograph in my hands, and it emits a holy power just like you would expect it to.

Alice M. Boughton, Untitled [Two Women Under a Tree], ca. 1910.

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to-the-moon:

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dlpalinckx:

Pierre-Louis Pierson; Game of Madness, 1861–67

i’ve seen this image more times than i can count (finally with some credit)

This picture is of the Countess de Castiglione and actually she was the one who choreographed the scene (this shows only a detail of the picture).

“The masquerades of the Countess de Castiglione (1837-99) show a more transgressive element of self-portraiture than the eccentric fantasy of dressing up that many male photographers of the period displayed. In forty years of collaboration, from 1856 to 1895, with photographer Pierre-Louis Pierson (1822-1913) the Countess commissioned and created over four hundred elaborate self-portraits. They show her in a range of elaborate costumes, enacting roles from history, mythology and art. The photographs became more beguiling and increasingly bizarre as the Countess aged and allowed one body part or another to stand in for her as a whole. A photograph of her swollen, aging feet and ankles suggests that she was not completely vain, but rather aware of the fleeting and fickle nature of beauty as well as her own mortality.” in Auto-Focus: the Self-Portrait in Contemporary Photography (by Susan Bright).

So, you see, for a number of pictures she was actually the author :)

thank you to-the-moon!

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oh dear. there is nothing i don’t love about this photograph.

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image description: a black and white photograph of a thin pale skinned topless woman. she has her arms folded across her chest, just beneath her breasts. her hair has just been cut into a chin-length bob with bangs, and the trimmings of her hair are scattered across her cheeks, upper lip, and breasts. she is looking to away from the camera, with her eyes cast slightly downward. she has dark eyeshadow on her eyelids. her face is relatively expressionless, if not a bit sad.

hotparade:

Helmut Newton - Arielle after a haircut, Paris 1982

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