Jack London dressed in a dance skirt made out of human hair and coconut fiber. Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, in 1907 / source: L’oeil de la photographie
Tag: traditional clothing
Lobby card for Destiny’s Son (Kiru), 1962, directed by Kenji Misumi and starring Raizo Ichikawa and Shiho Fujimura / via mudwerks
“Boiling Breakfast Eggs in Hot Springs”, Beppu, Oita Prefecture. Japan, 1942. This picture was published in the
National Geographic
August issue of 1942. A woman in Japanese clothing (viewed from behind) besides a sign warning “dangerous attention” uses a stick and is trying to soak a bamboo cage with eggs in hot water. In the lower part of the stand sign, it reads: “boiled egg half-mature 4 minutes, hardly lean 6 minutes”. (uncredited photographer)
source: natgeo.nikkeibp.co.jp
Hiroshi Hamaya :: Women going to celebrate the New Year, Niigata, Japan, 1956
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Don McCullin :: Kurdish woman seeking refuge from Iraqi helicopters strafing the area, Iraqi Kurdistan, 1991
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Marc Riboud :: In the surroundings of Bombay, 1956 / src: marcriboud.com
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Firefighters in Japan show off their nerve and skill. Every-day Japan, 1909 / via
Ethnographic portrait. Silver print,
Originally in the Collection of Charles C. Batchelder, who was Under Secretary of the Interior of the Philippine Islands from 1914-1916. text and image source : Swann Galleries
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