
Leni Riefenstahl, 1931

images that haunt us


Martin Munkácsi :: Bathing Beauties, Berlin, ca. 1929, printed 2011 / src: howardgreenberg
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“Washington policeman Bill Norton measuring the distance between knee and suit at the Tidal Basin bathing beach after Col. Sherrill, Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds, issued an order that suits not be over six inches above the knee.“
June 30, 1922.
National Photo Co.
/ source and hi-res: Shorpy

Yasuhiro Ishimoto :: North Avenue Beach, Chicago, ca. 1948-1952 / source: theRedList
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Two couples dancing to jazz on the riverside, played on a punt by two women dressed in swimming costumes. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images) England, 20th June 1931 / source: ilpost.it

‘On Perd Pied’ reads the sign, but next time, pals, it will be fun! – Anonymous photographer. France, ca. 1920 / source: Lumière des Roses

Amity / source: Jochen Raiss aka imperfekt photography

Women in trees,
Vintage photographs discovered on flea market excursions by collector Jochen Raiss, compiled in a book edited by Hatje Cantz / image source: monovisions
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Pedro Díaz Molins :: La Exploradora / The Explorer, from ‘II Certamen Internacional de Fotografía Signo editores’ 2016
source: Letranueva