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Nov 6, 2009 10:05pm
Aurelia aurita I.
Photo by Guido Mocafico

Aurelia aurita I.

Photo by Guido Mocafico



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Oct 27, 2009 12:54am
(photographer unknown)
“A lurcher, mainly Scottish Deerhound, yearning to go outside.”
Via Yohan euan o4 - Wikimedia Commons

(photographer unknown)

“A lurcher, mainly Scottish Deerhound, yearning to go outside.”

Via Yohan euan o4 - Wikimedia Commons



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Oct 25, 2009 11:11pm
Sylvester Stallone, 1979
Photo by Jane Bown

“…she was still using her faithful Olympus because she was ‘supremely uninterested in photographic technology, accepting her camera’s limitations as imposing a necessary discipline on her image-making,’ as Germaine Greer has observed.
Most of her photographs were taken in sessions that lasted no more than 15 minutes. She had no props and turned up carrying only a shopping bag with her camera in it. Annie Leibovitz she wasn’t. Even exposure meters were shunned. ‘I just looked at the light on the back of my hand and judged it that way.’ Thus Bown perfected minimalist photography: the same camera, the same lens, the same setting, but no flash or exposure meter. In this way she was left free to concentrate on those eyes.
Her work for The Observer was mostly made up of last-minute assignments. ‘I’d be sent with a writer and had to take my photographs quickly so they could get on with the interview. In a typical month I might do Dennis Hopper at the Savoy, Woody Allen at the Dorchester, and a senior politician at his home. Each time, I’d have 10 minutes. So I would march straight in and take over the situation. I had a quick mind. I could suss it all out immediately.’”
Jane Bown: The Eyes Have It

Exposures: Jane Bown: 100 Portraits
Kings Place, London
23 October - 21 November 2009

Sylvester Stallone, 1979

Photo by Jane Bown



“…she was still using her faithful Olympus because she was ‘supremely uninterested in photographic technology, accepting her camera’s limitations as imposing a necessary discipline on her image-making,’ as Germaine Greer has observed.

Most of her photographs were taken in sessions that lasted no more than 15 minutes. She had no props and turned up carrying only a shopping bag with her camera in it. Annie Leibovitz she wasn’t. Even exposure meters were shunned. ‘I just looked at the light on the back of my hand and judged it that way.’ Thus Bown perfected minimalist photography: the same camera, the same lens, the same setting, but no flash or exposure meter. In this way she was left free to concentrate on those eyes.

Her work for The Observer was mostly made up of last-minute assignments. ‘I’d be sent with a writer and had to take my photographs quickly so they could get on with the interview. In a typical month I might do Dennis Hopper at the Savoy, Woody Allen at the Dorchester, and a senior politician at his home. Each time, I’d have 10 minutes. So I would march straight in and take over the situation. I had a quick mind. I could suss it all out immediately.’”

Jane Bown: The Eyes Have It



Exposures: Jane Bown: 100 Portraits

Kings Place, London

23 October - 21 November 2009



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Oct 25, 2009 10:59pm
“Poetry is a very dangerous word”
Tom Waits
Photo by Jean Baptiste Mondino

“Poetry is a very dangerous word”

Tom Waits

Photo by Jean Baptiste Mondino



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Oct 25, 2009 8:26pm
(photographer unknown)
Happy Birthday, Reverend!!
Go here for Seriously Kickass Halloween Mixes

(photographer unknown)

Happy Birthday, Reverend!!

Go here for Seriously Kickass Halloween Mixes



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Oct 25, 2009 5:43pm
Fishermen in Lysekil, Sweden
Fiskare, ett barn och två kvinnor, ombord en fiskebåt (Fishermen, a child and two women, onboard a fishing boat)
Albumen print by Carl Curman, 1880s
Parish (socken): Lysekil Province (landskap): Bohuslän Municipality (kommun): Lysekil County (län): Västra Götaland
Via Swedish National Heritage Board

Fishermen in Lysekil, Sweden

Fiskare, ett barn och två kvinnor, ombord en fiskebåt
(Fishermen, a child and two women, onboard a fishing boat)

Albumen print by Carl Curman, 1880s

Parish (socken): Lysekil
Province (landskap): Bohuslän
Municipality (kommun): Lysekil
County (län): Västra Götaland

Via Swedish National Heritage Board



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Oct 23, 2009 10:42pm
(photographer unknown)
James Stewart in a promo shot for Harvey

(photographer unknown)

James Stewart in a promo shot for Harvey



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Oct 22, 2009 12:26pm
I Dreamed I was a Cowboy
(photographer unknown)
Via Ampersand Vintage

I Dreamed I was a Cowboy

(photographer unknown)

Via Ampersand Vintage



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Oct 21, 2009 11:01pm
A.A. Bondy
Photo by Jonathan Purvis

“It’s like riding a big rolling wave on the balls of your feet, from far out at sea, all the way to shore, and thrown hard on the beach. Then it’s nighttime and you’ve never seen so many stars and there’s people hiding in the treeline, but you can’t see them. That might be surprising.”
Via Filter-Mag

A.A. Bondy

Photo by Jonathan Purvis



“It’s like riding a big rolling wave on the balls of your feet, from far out at sea, all the way to shore, and thrown hard on the beach. Then it’s nighttime and you’ve never seen so many stars and there’s people hiding in the treeline, but you can’t see them. That might be surprising.”

Via Filter-Mag



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Oct 21, 2009 10:38pm
Photo by Nina Leen
Via LIFE

Photo by Nina Leen

Via LIFE



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Oct 21, 2009 10:20pm
Charles M. Schultz

thanks to mudwerks and Calvin’s Canadian Cave of Coolness

Charles M. Schultz



thanks to mudwerks and Calvin’s Canadian Cave of Coolness



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Oct 20, 2009 11:33pm
Storm Clears, Bolinas
Photo by Jonathan Levitt

Thank you again, Mikael

Storm Clears, Bolinas

Photo by Jonathan Levitt



Thank you again, Mikael



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Oct 20, 2009 11:16pm
Officer Training, Florida - Male Series
Photo by Ken Graves and Eva Lipman

Officer Training, Florida - Male Series

Photo by Ken Graves and Eva Lipman



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Oct 20, 2009 11:11pm
Disappearing Circus
Photo by Rafal Milach
 “Retired circus artist Mieczyslaw Grzebieniowski (77). He performed as rifleman. After finishing artistic career he worked as a teacher at circus school. He is already retired more than 20 years.”
“Circus city was built in the middle of Kampinoski National Park 30 km away from Warsaw. Due to financial problems, the center was closed almost 10 years ago. Huge area emptied. Circus city is slowly dying. I invited few retired circus artists to take their portraits at the place where some of them has been working for more than 30 years.”

Via Choice Images

Disappearing Circus

Photo by Rafal Milach


“Retired circus artist Mieczyslaw Grzebieniowski (77). He performed as rifleman. After finishing artistic career he worked as a teacher at circus school. He is already retired more than 20 years.”

“Circus city was built in the middle of Kampinoski National Park 30 km away from Warsaw. Due to financial problems, the center was closed almost 10 years ago. Huge area emptied. Circus city is slowly dying. I invited few retired circus artists to take their portraits at the place where some of them has been working for more than 30 years.”



Via Choice Images



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Oct 20, 2009 11:03pm
(photographer unknown)
Greg
Submitted by Jereme

Via myparentswereawesome

(photographer unknown)

Greg

Submitted by Jereme



Via myparentswereawesome



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