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Tag: bending backwards, bending back
Ruth and Ella Myles aka Beauty Poses, British Pathé, 1935 / src of GIF: gypsyastronaut
Various shots of acrobats Ruth and Ella Myles performing graceful balances and contortions in the studio. They are both extremely supple! Both wear white swimsuits with black belts and tie and the neck. Their final feat involves one girl doing a back bend and staying in that crab position while the other stands on her pelvis and does a back bend there!
more information and full video, at British Pathé also in YouTube
Ivan Spasic / via Mick Phee on FB #swing #girl #playing #enjoying #bendingbackwards #silhouette #backlight #chicken
Tzet Kranil, 1914
Peter Lindbergh :: Contortionist and model Nina Burri for Vogue Germany, 2009 / via inneroptics, credits according to Burri’s website
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Ralph Crane :: Women practicing yoga at the Every Woman’s Village, 1966 / src: The LIFE Picture Collection
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Eliot Elisofon :: Hindu man practicing yoga, 1949 / src: The LIFE Picture Collection
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Wallace Kirkland :: Boy twisting himself into a yoga position, 1940. / src: The LIFE Images Collection
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