Category: photography, photographie, fotografia, fotografía, Fotografie

Ann Pennington by White studio

White studio :: Jazz age revue showgirl Ann Pennington caught by the photographer while dancing the Black Bottom, 1920s. Pennington starred on Broadway in the 1910s and 1920s, notably in the Ziegfeld Follies and George White’s Scandals. | src Grapefruitmoon gallery on eBay
White studio :: Ann Pennington caught by the photographer while dancing the Black Bottom, 1920s. | src Grapefruitmoon Gallery

Leontine Sagan, ca. 1926

Nini & Carry Hess :: Actress and director Leontine Sagan (1889-1974, nee: Leontine Schlesinger) as ‘Guelnare’ in the play ‘Der Traum ein Leben’ by Franz Grillparzer, at Neues Theater, Frankfurt am Main. Published by ‘Die Dame’ 26.01.1925. | src Getty Images

Mlle. Rhouma-jé, 1928

La princesse aux Saphirs. Mlle. Rhouma-jé. Demandez l’Album du Palace: LE LUXE DE PARIS. Ph. Paris-Plaisirs. Paris-plaisirs: revue mensuelle esthétique et humoristique Nº 73, juillet 1928. | src BnF ~ Gallica
La princesse aux Saphirs. Mlle. Rhouma-jé. Demandez l’Album du Palace: LE LUXE DE PARIS. Ph. Paris-Plaisirs. Paris-plaisirs: revue mensuelle esthétique et humoristique Nº 73, juillet 1928. | src BnF ~ Gallica
La princesse aux Saphirs. Mlle. Rhouma-jé. Demandez l’Album du Palace: LE LUXE DE PARIS. Ph. Paris-Plaisirs. Paris-plaisirs: revue mensuelle esthétique et humoristique Nº 73, juillet 1928. | src BnF ~ Gallica

Dancing the “Lindbergh Hop”

George Rinhart :: “These pretty girls from the Honeymoon Lane Company introduce the latest dance step, called the Lindbergh Hop, in honor of Captain Charles A. Lindbergh of New York to Paris nonstop flight fame. The girls are, left to right, Marjorie Joesting, Dorothy Proudlock, Emerita Monsch, and Anita Foy.” (original caption) | src Getty Images

Болт ~ The Bolt (1931)

Болт ~ The Bolt (1931). Inside the prop studio of the Pushkin Theater, where the costume of the Social-Democrat was taking shape. From: Silencing the Avant-Garde: Censorship and Film in the Soviet Union. | src GRAD ~ Gallery for Russian Arts and Design (London)
Rehearsals of The Bolt, 1931, Courtesy of GRAD and St Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music. From: Silencing the Avant-Garde: Censorship and Film in the Soviet Union. | src The New York Times
Rehearsals of The Bolt, 1931, Courtesy of GRAD and St Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music. From: Silencing the Avant-Garde: Censorship and Film in the Soviet Union. | src The New York Times
Rehearsals of The Bolt, 1931, Courtesy of GRAD and St Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music. From: Silencing the Avant-Garde: Censorship and Film in the Soviet Union. | src The New York Times

Dancer Maria Moreno

George Rinhart :: “Pretty Maria Moreno, who is gaining prominence through her classical dances which she conceives and executes. She is a native Italian.” (original caption) | src Getty Images

Nude by Yoshiyuki Iwase, 1955

Yoshiyuki Iwase (1904-2001) :: Sans titre [femme recroquevillée (curled up woman)], 1955. Épreuve argentique d’époque. Tampon du photographe à l’encre rouge au verso. | src Ader