images that haunt us
John de Mirjian :: Louise Brooks, 1923.
In 1925 de Mirjian became a photographic celebrity when actress Louise Brooks sued to stop his distribution of risque photos taken of her in 1923.
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Vandyk Studio* :: Dancer Ruth Abramowitsch (Ruth Sorel), 1930′s
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* London photographic studio founded by Carl Vandyk, succeeded by his eldest son Herbert Vandyk, later amalgamated as Bassano and Vandyk.
John de Mirjian :: Etude de nu / Nude Study, 1920’s / via
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“Naked woman on her back, lying on her left side, ca. 1870. From a model photograph album in an orientalist painter’s studio. Localization: Musée d’Orsay, Paris.” / source: reunion-musees
Unknown photographer: Miss Loïe Fuller, 1890’s, From ‘The Unphotographable’ exhibition, 2013. Albumen silver print. / src: Fraenkel Gallery
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Jessie Matthews by Bassano Studio, 1928 / via
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Easter cards, ca. 1907-1916 / via
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Robert W. Coburn :: The press snipe (on back) reads, “Before the days of the bicycle built for two – was the ped-cycle, and here are two young ladies about due for a fall from their high saddle. They’re Radio Pictures featured beauties, Roberta Gale and Rochelle Hudson, and they rode the thing – after a fashion – in a comedy.”, 1931 / source: Grapefruit Moon Gallery
“Boy on bicycle ca. 1895-1916” is the improvised title of this dry plate from the C.M. Bell portrait studio in Washington, D.C., whose legacy is a collection of some 30,000 glass negatives recently digitized and catalogued by the Library of Congress
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