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Barbara La Marr, 1923

Hoover Art Co. :: Barbara La Marr, 1923. Published in Photoplay Magazine, May 1923. Caption reads: “Once again we present the orchidiarious Barbara La Marr, highly promising femminine possibility for screen stardom. Barbara has been dazzling filmdom since she played Milady in Douglas Fairbank’s ‘The Three Musketeers’.” | src  The Museum of Modern Art Library at Internet Archives

Balancing rock by Pedro Momini, May 1900

Pedro Momini :: Italian acrobat Santin Vanzella, from Raffetto Circus, balancing with one hand poses for the photo on the top of the ‘Moving Stone’. The acrobat chose to promote his show there while his companions did it walking on cables lying between different buildings of the city of Tandil, Argentina.
The photograph records the final moment of Vanzella’s display doing handstands, first with both arms and finally is held for a few seconds only with his right arm. This is one of the most striking images of the ‘Piedra Movediza’ that was taken by the photographer Pedro Momini, whose shadow appears in the bottom, and was published in the magazine Caras y Caretas in the edition of May 5, 1900. | src viral diario

Nickolas Muray ::

Desha Delteil in a Roman inspired full body costume, with winged feet and a headdress. The light play in this pictorialist view is astounding, her shadow becomes another character in the dance. The spotlight followed the dancing of Desha thru the Fokine Ballet and the ‘Rose of Stamboul’. Published in Shadowland, Oct. 1922 issue. / sources: grapefruitmoongallery and

Library of Congress: Moving Image Section

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