Tag: portraiture

Nazimova interview, 1926

Nazimova interviewed by Adela Rogers St. Johns for Photoplay magazine, October 1926. | src internet archive

“I did ‘Salome’ as a purgative”, declares Nazimova. “The trash I had played made me sick with myself. I wanted something so different, so fanciful, so artistic, that it would take the taste out of my mouth”. Costume designs for Salome were Natacha Rambova’s (including the iconic wig).

Mother, Leo and Silvia, ca. 1890

Eveleen Myers (née Eveleen Tennant) :: Leopold Hamilton Myers; Silvia Constance Myers; Eveleen Myers (née Tennant), platinum print, ca. 1890. “Mother, Leo and Silvia. Drawing Room. Garden Door.” written on recto bottom. | src NPG

Dansen för fåglarna, ca. 1925

Carina Ari (*) i Dansen för fåglarna, c. 1925. | Carina Ari (*)in The Dance for the Birds, ca.1925 | src Dansmuseet
(*) Maria Karina Viktoria Jansson (Stockholm, 1897 – Buenos Aires, 1970)