
The Kiss, Folies Bergère, 1927

images that haunt us


Sasha (Alexander Stewart) ::
Alicia Nikitina & Serge Lifar in Ballets Russes’ La Chatte, 1928. “La
Chatte” (The ‘She’ Cat) is a ten-minute piece
with set and costumes by avant-garde artists Naum Gabo and Antoine
Pevsner. It was created in 1926-27 for Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes
and it starred Serge Lifar as the Young Man and Alicia Nikitina and
Olga Spessivtzeva in the title role. The music was written by Henri
Sauguet and choreographed by George Balanchine. / source: Flickr

“Tragedy is a close-up; comedy, a long shot.”
Buster Keaton
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Maria Gavrish
(left) congratulates Elena Kovalenko on her victory in swimming
competitions at the ‘Spartakiad’ of the Peoples of the USSR, Moscow,
1956. / src:
Серёгин Николай
Buster Keaton and Kathryn McGuire in Sherlock Jr., 1924

Monica Vitti on “L’Eclipse”, directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, 1962 | src: pleasurephoto
more [+] Monica Vitti posts

Piano kiss, ca. 1890’s | via vintageeveryday

Kees Scherer :: Couple Kissing, Paris, 1953-1959 | via marckald