Category: bending backwards

Agniel bent back by de Mirjian

De Mirjian Studios~ Marguerite Agniel posing leaning back, circa 1929 | src Wellcome library collection
Agniel in Supta Virasana. Marguerite Agniel demonstrating “A good exercise for the back and abdominal muscles” in her 1931 book The Art of the Body (Batsford, 1931). Photograph by John de Mirjian | src wikimedia commons
John de Mirjian ~ Marguerite Agniel posing leaning back wearing a two-piece costume and matching turban, photographed in studio, 1929 | src Wellcome library collection

Dans la plage de Noir Moutier

Fernand Fonssagrives (1910-2003) :: La Plage de Noir Moutier # 1. Gelatin silver print, 1935-37; printed ca. 1980. | src Swann Galleries
Fernand Fonssagrives (1910-2003) :: La Plage de Noir Moutier # 1. Gelatin silver print, 1935-37; printed ca. 1980. | src Swann Galleries
Fernand Fonssagrives (1910-2003) :: La Plage de Noir Moutier # 1. Gelatin silver print, 1935-37; printed ca. 1980. | src Swann Galleries
Fernand Fonssagrives :: La Plage de Noir Moutier | The Black Moutier Beach, ca. 1937. Silver print; printed 1980. | src Swann Galleries

Niddy Impekoven, ca. 1928

Atelier Robertson (1927–1933) :: Dancer Niddy Impekoven. From a group of four dance studies (Niddy Impekoven, Ellinor Bahrdt, Trude Engelhart, Ira Langenteels), ca. 1928. Each with the photographer’s studio stamp and handwritten annotations in pencil on the reverse. | src Ostlicht (Westlich) Photo Auction nº 14 (June, 2016)

Carina Ari dans la danse d’Anitra

Carina Ari (*) dans la danse d’Anitra, Divertissement, 1921. Photo Isabey © BmO / BnF. | src Les Ballets Suédois 1920-1925. Une compagnie d’avant-garde (2014) at Palais Garnier
(*) Maria Karina Viktoria Jansson (Stockholm, 1897 – Buenos Aires, 1970)
Studio Setzer (Wien) :: Carina Ari [Maria Karina Viktoria Jansson (Stockholm, 1897 – Buenos Aires, 1970)] in Anitra’s dance, 1922 | src Dansmuseet
Carina Ari i Anitras dans, Svenska Baletten, foto: Studio Isabey, Paris, ca. 1922. | src Dansmuseet · IG