Author: un regard oblique

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Pedro Momini :: Italian acrobat Santin Vanzella, from Raffetto Circus, balancing with
one hand poses for the photo on the top of the ‘Moving Stone’. The
acrobat chose to promote his show there while his companions did it
walking on cables lying between different buildings of the city of Tandil, Argentina.

The  photograph records the final moment of Vanzella’s display doing handstands, first with both arms and finally is held for a few seconds
only with his right arm. This
is one of the most striking images of the ‘Piedra Movediza’ that was taken
by the photographer Pedro Momini, whose shadow appears in the bottom,
and was published in the magazine Caras y Caretas in the edition of May
5, 1900. / src: viral diario

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Charles Sheldon :: Vintage photograph featuring a model posed in profile to best show off her hat which dips dramatically over one eye and sports a jaunty feather plume on top. Taken by American illustrator and amateur photographer Charles Sheldon,

ca. 1920s. This jazz age still was likely taken as an aid to the creation of a pastel work for an advertisement or women’s magazine fashion plate. / via

gmgallery / original source of image and text: Grapefruit Moon Gallery on eBay

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