Gordon Parks :: American Gothic [Portrait of government cleaning woman Ella Watson], 1942 [related post here]
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images that haunt us

Marcus Leatherdale :: Mona, 1985 / src: Bloomsbury Auctions

Pilar Zeta :: from her project ‘Falling in Love with the Dark Universe’
related post by Toni Frissell, here

Ivana Hengl :: Abbey Road, Osijek, Croatia, 2014 #streetphotography

Len Prince ::
Untitled, plate 37, NYC, 2003, from the series “Self-possessed”. Model: Jessie Mann / src: edelman-gallery
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Len Prince :: Untitled, plate 88, Virginia, 2005. From the series “Self-possessed”. Model: Jessie Mann / src: danziger-gallery
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Hisaji Hara :: A Study of ‘The Street’, 2009,
from After Balthus. In this series of beautiful, monochrome
portraits Hisaji Hara has modelled his photographic compositions upon
paintings by Balthus (1908-2001) /
source: The Guardian
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Hisaji Hara :: A Study of ‘The Happy Days’, 2009, from After Balthus, in this series of beautiful, monochrome
portraits Hisaji Hara has modelled his photographic compositions upon
paintings by Balthus (1908-2001) / src: Michael Hoppen
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Hisaji Hara :: A Study of ‘The Victim’, 2009 [after Balthus]
/ src: theRedList
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