Category: 1900s

Kyaitteyo Pagoda, ca. 1900

Underwood & Underwood ~ Kyaitteyo Pagoda, miraculously balanced by a hair of Buddha, on Kelasa hills, near Kyaikto in Mon State, Burma (Myanmar), ca. 1900

Stereoscopic pair of photographs [50 (9059)] from a collection of 36 stereoscopic views of Burma, one of a series of “stereoscopic tours” of foreign countries published as part of the Underwood Travel Library. This is a general view of the “Golden Rock” pagoda, a stupa built on top of a massive boulder resting precariously on a hillside 20 km (12 miles) away from Kyaikto. | src British Library; also on wikimedia commons

Underwood & Underwood ~ Kyaitteyo Pagoda, miraculously balanced by a hair of Buddha, on Kelasa hills, near Kyaikto in Mon State, Burma (Myanmar), ca. 1900

Balancing rock by Pedro Momini, May 1900

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

Grete Wiesenthal, 1907

Moriz Nähr :: Grete Wiesenthal in “Andante con moto”, 1907. | Statuarische Schrittpose zu „Andante con moto (1907) aus Beethovens Klavierkonzert nº 4. eigenh. Signatur der Grete Wiesenthal auf der Rückseite des Fotos. (Bewegungsstudie) | src and  © Theatermuseum Wien

J. Antoine’s autochrome sunsets

Jules Antoine (1863-1948) :: Coucher de soleil sur la plage dans des tonalités rose-orangés, la mer à l’horizon, 1905-1912. Positif transparent; Support verre; Procédé Autochrome
Jules Antoine (1863-1948) :: Coucher de soleil sur la mer sous un ciel nuageux, 1905-1912. Positif transparent; Support verre; Procédé Autochrome
Jules Antoine (1863-1948) :: Coucher de soleil sur la plage, la mer à l’horizon, 1905-1912. Positif transparent; Support verre; Procédé Autochrome
Jules Antoine (1863-1948) :: Coucher de soleil sur la plage, la mer à l’horizon, la silhouette d’un homme se détachant sur le banc de sable, 1905-1912. Positif transparent; Support verre; Procédé Autochrome
Jules Antoine (1863-1948) :: Coucher de soleil sur la mer, falaises au premier plan, ciel nuageux en arrière-plan, 1905-1912. Positif transparent; Support verre; Procédé Autochrome
Jules Antoine (1863-1948) :: Coucher de soleil sur la plage, 1905-1912. Positif transparent; Support verre; Procédé Autochrome
Jules Antoine (1863-1948) :: Coucher de soleil sur la plage, 1905-1912. Positif transparent; Support verre; Procédé Autochrome
Jules Antoine (1863-1948) :: France ; Normandie ; Manche ; Granville, 1905-1912. Positif transparent; Support verre; Procédé Autochrome
Jules Antoine (1863-1948) :: Coucher de soleil sur la plage, la mer à l’horizon, la silhouette d’un homme se détachant sur le banc de sable, 1905-1912. Autochrome. [alternative rendition of photo on top] | src of all set Ministère de la Culture

Zerknirschung (Contrition), 1904

Zerknirschung (Contrition). From the book Weibliche Schönheit. Kritische Betrachtungen über die Darstellung des Nackten in Malerei und Photographie. [Female beauty. Critical Reflections on the representation of the nude in painting and photography.] Dr. Bruno Meyer. Kunitverlag von Klemm & Beckmann, Stuttgart, 1904 | originally posted on tumblr

Portraits by Paul Haviland 1900s

Paul Haviland :: Isabelle d’Armont, 1909, platinum print. | src 19th Century American Photographs at Lee Gallery
Paul Haviland :: Isabelle d’Armont, 1909, platinum print. | src 19th Century American Photographs at Lee Gallery
Paul Haviland (1880-1950) :: Femme en costume de danseuse, entre 1898 et 1916, épreuve au platine. Musée d’Orsay

The Dying Cedar, ca. 1907

Anne Wardrope Brigman :: The Dying Cedar, 1906. Platinum print. | src Smithsonian American Art Museum pictorialism anne brigman anne w. brigman
Anne Wardrope Brigman :: The Dying Cedar, 1906. Platinum print. | src Smithsonian American Art Museum