Category: photography, photographie, fotografia, fotografía, Fotografie

Ballet dancer by de Meyer

Baron Adolph de Meyer (1868–1946) ~ Ballet dancer, ca. 1910–1920 | src Christie’s
Baron Adolph de Meyer (1868–1946) ~ Ballet dancer, ca. 1910–1920 (detail)
Baron Adolph de Meyer (1868–1946) ~ Ballet dancers & other portraits, ca. 1910–1920 | src Christie’s
Baron Adolph de Meyer (1868–1946) ~ Ballet dancer, ca. 1910–1920 | src Christie’s
Baron Adolph de Meyer (1868–1946) ~ Ballet dancer, ca. 1910–1920 (detail)
Baron Adolph de Meyer (1868–1946) ~ Ballet dancers & other portraits, ca. 1910–1920 | src Christie’s

Violet Morene by Bassano

Violet Morene (*) by Bassano Ltd., 5 August 1910. Whole-plate glass negative | src NPG
(*) Violet Lillian Warren (née Harrison-Brown) (1886-1955), Actress and singer
Violet Morene by Bassano Ltd., 5 August 1910. Whole-plate glass negative | src NPG
Violet Morene by Bassano Ltd., 5 August 1910. Whole-plate glass negative | src NPG

Dialogues · Beaton & Kepes

Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) ~ Portrait of Lady Loughborough, ca. 1935 (gelatin silver print on bromide paper). From: Shalom Shpilman Collection
Gyorgy Kepes (1906-2001) ~ What Little Girls Are Made of, 1938 (gelatin silver print on Agfa paper) | src Christie’s

Cactus in blossom, 1925-1935

Atelier Skarpmoen / Conrad M. Bringe ~ Bjølgerud, Kaktus; 1925-1935 | src Nasjonalbiblioteket
Atelier Skarpmoen / Conrad M. Bringe ~ Bjølgerud, Kaktus; 1925-1935 (detail)
Atelier Skarpmoen / Conrad M. Bringe ~ Bjølgerud, Kaktus; 1925-1935 (Detail)
Atelier Skarpmoen / Conrad M. Bringe ~ Bjølgerud, Kaktus; 1925-1935 | src Nasjonalbiblioteket

Gerd Neggo in Arabesque

Estonian dancer Gerd Neggo in Arabesque, March 1928 | src BnF~Gallica
Gerd Neggo (1891-1974) in Arabesque, 17.III.1928 | src BnF~Gallica
Gerd Neggo, danseuse estonienne dans sa danse ‘L’Arabesque’ au Théâtre Vanemuine à Tartu le 17-III-1928; ph. K. Akel & Ko.

Gerd Neggo was born in Kuressaare, Estonia, in 1891. She studied the Émile Jaques Dalcroze methodology in Stockholm, then studied modern dance and mime under Rudolf von Laban in his dance studio in Hamburg.

After specializing in the art of modern dance, Neggo returned to Tallinn and established her own dance school in 1924. She started teaching students adopting Laban’s modern dance technique. She organized many solo and group dances, including pantomimes. She and her group held performances at the Estonian Drama Theatre.

In 1944, during the Soviet occupation of Estonia, she and her husband Paul Olak migrated to Sweden. Neggo died in Stockholm in 1974.

Estonian dancer Gerd Neggo in Arabesque at Vanemuine theater in Tartu, 17-III-1928; photo: K. Akel & Ko | src BnF~Gallica

Youth in winged hat by Day

Fred Holland Day (1864-1933) ~ Youth in winged hat and robe, 1907. Platinum print | src Library of Congress
Fred Holland Day (1864-1933) ~ Youth in winged hat, cropped at the chest, 1907. Platinum print | src Library of Congress
Fred Holland Day (1864-1933) ~ Youth in winged hat and robe, 1907. Platinum print | src Library of Congress

Kanako Higuchi by Shinoyama

Kanako Higuchi. From ‘Accidents 1 / Water fruit’ by Kishin Shinoyama published by Asahi Press (1991)
Japanese actress Kanako Higuchi. From ‘Accidents 1 / Water fruit’ by Kishin Shinoyama published by Asahi Press (1991)
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Kanako Higuchi. From ‘Accidents 1 / Water fruit’ by Kishin Shinoyama published by Asahi Press (1991)
Kanako Higuchi. From ‘Accidents 1 / Water fruit’ by Kishin Shinoyama published by Asahi Press (1991)
Kanako Higuchi. From ‘Accidents 1 / Water fruit’ by Kishin Shinoyama published by Asahi Press (1991)