Nyota Inyoka, ca. 1915

Nyota Inyoka (1896-1971), Cambodian dancer, in stage costume, ca. 1915. (Photo by Photo12/Universal Images Group) | src Getty Images

‘The Gem’, nº 3, ca. 1910s

J.E. Johnson :: ‘The Gem’. Nº 3 of a series, ca. 1910s. Photographic print, printed on a thick, textured wove paper. The model turned facing the camera, a well placed fern in a jardinière at her feet, a twilight landscape behind her. Titled and signed on the verso of the matting: J.E. Johnson, of Hillsboro, Oregon. | src EB.TH

Ebon Strandin in Plastika ballet

Atelier Jaeger, Stockholm :: Ebon Strandin [Ebon Theodora Vilhelmina Strandin (1894-1977)] i baletten Plastiska danser, Kungliga Operan 1913. Skannat glasnegativ. | src Musik- och teaterbiblioteket

Grit Hegesa by Riess ca. 1920

Frieda Gertrud Rieß ~ Grit Hegesa in the role of Harlequin, late 1910s | src getty images
Grit Hegesa. German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 363/1, 1919-1924. Photo: Frieda Riess | src flickr
Frieda Gertrud Riess ~ Die Tänzerin Grit Hegesa, um 1920. | src Die Riess exhibit at Das Verborgene Museum
Grit Hegesa. German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 363/1, ca. 1920. Photo: Frieda Riess | src alamy
Frieda Gertrud Riess :: Die Tänzerin Grit Hegesa, um 1920. | src Die Riess exhibit at Das Verborgene Museum
Frieda Gertrud Riess ~ Die Tänzerin Grit Hegesa, um 1920. | src Die Riess exhibit at Das Verborgene Museum

Mlle Lantelme par Reutlinger

Caption: Mlle Lantelme (Geneviève Lantelme, born Mathilde Hortense Claire Fossey). Toilet de Doucet. Photo Reutlinger. | Published in «Les Modes: revue mensuelle illustrée des Arts décoratifs appliqués à la femme» (December 1909). | src BnF ~ Gallica

Polynesian woman, 1921

Lucien Gauthier :: Donna polinesiana, 1921. The Metamorphosis of Nostalgia. Exoticism and Photography between 19th and 20th Centuries. Villa Malpensata. Musec, the Lugano’s Museum of Cultures. | src l’œil de la photographie