Allegorische Schattenspiele

Schattenspiele. Eine, die den Teufel an die Wand malt... [Phot. Gregory Bernard]. Revue des Monats Band 2, H.11, September 1928 — ***Allegorische Schattenspiele***. Eine, die den Teufel an die Wand malt… [Phot. Gregory Bernard]. Revue des Monats Band 2, H.11, September 1928

Shadow games. One who draws the devil on the wall… [Phot. Gregory Bernard]. Revue des Monats Band 2, H.11, September 1928 — ***Allegorical Shadow Games***. One who draws the devil on the wall… [Phot. Gregory Bernard]. Revue des Monats Band 2, H.11, September 1928

Allegorical Shadow Games. The coincidence. [Phot. Dudley Glanfield]. Revue des Monats Band 2, H.11, September 1928 — ***Allegorische Schattenspiele***. Der Zufall. [Phot. Dudley Glanfield]. Revue des Monats Band 2, H.11, September 1928

Allegorische Schattenspiele. Der Zufall. [Phot. Dudley Glanfield]. Revue des Monats Band 2, H.11, September 1928 — ***Allegorical Shadow Games***. The coincidence. [Phot. Dudley Glanfield]. Revue des Monats Band 2, H.11, September 1928

***Allegorische Schattenspiele* / *Allegorical Shadow Games*** Revue des Monats Band 2, H.11, September 1928

Portrait by Svishtov-Paola

**Nikolai Ivanovich Svishchov · Paola** (1874-1964) :: Portrait of a Woman, Moscow, 1920s. Inscribed on the reverse. А stamp «Photographer N. I. Svishchov-Paola» and Art Publish on the reverse. Collection of Borodulin. | src Hermitage Fine Art

Justema by Mather, ca. 1923

Margrethe Mather :: Semi-nude [Billy Justema Wearing a Kimono], ca. 1923. Center for Creative Photography. University of Arizona, Tucson — **Margrethe Mather ::** Semi-nude [Billy Justema wearing a Kimono]; ca. 1923. Center for Creative Photography. University of Arizona, Tucson

When Margrethe Mather (1885 or 1886-1952) met Billy Justema in 1922, she was 36 and he was 17. Through spending time with him, Mather found a way out of her grief over the unexpected suicide of her close friend Florence Deshon. Through their relationship, Justema searched for a state of mind that would allow him to define both his artistic path and his sexuality. Mather photographed him as an enigma, as he was at the time to himself, in the process creating a portfolio to rival that of Alfred Stieglitz’s images of Georgia O’Keeffe. I could point out the sure compositional structure that informs Billy Justema in a Kimono (above), the curves and angles that form a harmonious whole, all things typical of Mather’s work. [quoted from The Blue Lantern on blogspot]