
Bassano Ltd. :: Phyllis Monkman, whole-plate glass negative, 1915 / src: NPG
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Arnold Genthe :: Buzzer, the cat, and Natalie Campbell / src: la boite verte
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It has been suggested that this photograph, the only [known] nude by de Meyer, has some connection to the Ballets Russes, but the nature of that link remains mysterious. The image vibrates with an uneasy erotic tension, a product of the figure’s exposed torso, startled body language, and disguised identity. (quoted from The Met)

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Emil Otto Hoppé :: Dancer Tamara Karsavina in ‘Le Spectre de la Rose’, 1911 | src E.O. Hoppé
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Dancer Lydia Sokolova
(1896–1974), born Hilda Munnings, was an English
ballerina who danced with the Diaghilev Ballets Russes for over 15 years
(from 1913), and became a Principal of the Company. Here, as the Miller’s Wife in Massine’s Le Tricorne [The Three-Cornered Hat], 1919. Photo: Lenare. / source: Royal Dance School