From 1954, Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco by Fred Lyon.
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From 1954, Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco by Fred Lyon.
Shirley Bassey at the London Palladium, 1963.
Photo by Harry Hammond.
From 1959, model Dondi Penn photographed by Bunny Yeager, #BOTD.
Those eyes.
Farewell, fabulous, enigmatic actress JANE LAPOTAIRE 💔 Won a Tony for playing Edith Piaf. She accepted it in a dress designed by my late, great friend KENNY BONAVITACOLA. PHOTO: Tony night with AMADEUS winner Ian McKellan. #RIP
Curious - or not - how pets remain in our daily thoughts after they've gone while memories of people we have known tend to ebb and flow.
From the "Spirituals to Swing" series of concerts - this one from December 1938 - produced by John Hammond and staged at Carnegie Hall.
"It's All Right" with Pete Johnson and Joe Turner.
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From July 2018.
A day does not go by without thinking of him.
By Léon François Comerre (1850 - 1916).
In Lisbon, 1954. Photo by Jean Dieuzaide.
Postcard for the Exposição Nacional of 1908 in Rio de Janeiro.
Model and photographer Bunny Yeager was born on 13 March 1929.
"To be a good director, you've got to be a bastard. I'm a bastard and I know it."
Henry Hathaway, born 13 March 1898.
From 1945 by Alfonso X. Peña.
Sicily, 1961. Photo by Bruce Davidson.
From 1962, Thelonious Monk at Lincoln Center. The photo by Herb Snitzer was later used for the cover of the album "Thelonious Monk in Italy" released the following year.
Writer and journalist Janet Flanner was born on 13 March 1892.
Perhaps in the overall scheme of things it doesn't necessarily matter but... I DO wish this talented woman was better known and appreciated.
That is ostensibly in keeping with the little that I know of the camera line originally made by Alpa in Switzerland. The very highest quality and, for the most part, hand made.
Rising red sun with white rays. At top it reads SAFETY MATCHES MADE IN AUSTRIA. Ribbons above and below read ASIATIC PETROLEUM COMPANY and BEST REFINED PETROLEUM, at bottom DESIGNED NY A. JANOWITZER. Just above the sun BUY ONLY RISING SUN OIL.
Matchbox, 13 March
Cover art by Lawrence Sterne Stevens for "Fantastic Novels" (July 1950).
From 1927 by A.M. Cassandre (Adolphe Jean-Marie Mouron.
Painting of De Kooning sitting on a chair, reading a book. At her feet, a coffee cup.
Remembering Elaine de Kooning on her birthday 🎂
Self-portrait, 1946
"Lucidity, clarity, definition must sometimes be sacrificed to action. I'm willing to make the sacrifice. I'd rather be on the move than right."
Finnish poster for Akira Kurosawa's SEVEN SAMURAI (1954)
Edward Albee on the film set of "A Delicate Balance" (with stars Paul Scofield, Katharine Hepburn, Lee Remick, Kate Reid, Joseph Cotten and Betsy Blair) - BOTD
Edward Albee - BOTD
As George Orwell’s bestseller 1984 stated, “The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous.”
War is a mechanism for ruling parties to boost their power by keeping us in fear, poverty, and distraction. 🌊
Turning the world over to madmen. That is what is happening. Madmen.
Some things are too precious to take a risk with. Moving the Bayeux Tapestry is one of them. It is nearly a thousand years old, the most complete narrative work of art in Europe, and remember it is very long, more than 70 metres in length. It is fragile, which makes it madness to think of moving it
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"It was just a gradual development over the years. Last year was 'All You Need Is Love.' This year it's 'Give Peace a Chance.' Remember love. The only hope for any of us is peace."