Jenny Hasselqvist in midair

Jenny Hasselqvist, Denmark, May 1919
Jenny Hasselqvist in Charlottenlund, Denmark, photo: unknown, 8 May 1919. | src Dansmuseet on IG
Jenny Hasselqvist in Charlottenlund, Denmark, photo: unknown, 8 May 1919. | src Dansmuseet on IG
Jenny Hasselquist på taket till [Jenny Hasselquist on the roof] Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, 29 oktober 1920, Jenny Hasselquists arkiv. | src Dansmuseet · IG
Jenny Hasselquist på taket till [Jenny Hasselquist on the roof] Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, 29 oktober 1920, Jenny Hasselquists arkiv. | src Dansmuseet · IG

Psychiatrie-Patientin, 1890

Eine junge Psychiatrie-Patientin in einem ekstatischen Zustand, aufgenommen am 2. Januar 1890 in einer französischen Klinik. | Young woman in an ecstatic condition, France, ca. 1890. Image © adoc-photos Corbis via Spiegel
Eine junge Psychiatrie-Patientin in einem ekstatischen Zustand, aufgenommen am 2. Januar 1890 in einer französischen Klinik. | Young woman in an ecstatic condition, France, ca. 1890. Image © adoc-photos Corbis via Spiegel
Eine junge Psychiatrie-Patientin in einem ekstatischen Zustand, aufgenommen am 2. Januar 1890 in einer französischen Klinik. | Young woman in an ecstatic condition, France, ca. 1890. Image © adoc-photos Corbis via Spiegel Geschichte
Young woman in an ecstatic condition (France); ca. 1890. Image © adoc-photos Corbis via Getty Images
Young woman in an ecstatic condition (France); ca. 1890. Image © adoc-photos Corbis via Getty Images
A young psychiatric patient in an ecstatic state, photographed on January 2, 1890 in a French clinic. | Spiegel Geschichte
A young psychiatric patient in an ecstatic state, photographed on January 2, 1890 in a French clinic. | Spiegel Geschichte

Hypnotized: Some psychologists diagnosed at the end of the 19th century that specially women were at particular risk of infection from the “Wagner virus” because of their weaker nerves. His music can trigger hysteria or “inappropriate sexual arousal”. Quoted from article

Dance performance in 1924

A scene from a dance performance: Annsi Bergh, Mary Hougberg and Marianne Pontan in 1924. | Finnish Heritage Agency · Museovirasto
Kohtaus Annsi Berghin, Mary Hougbergin ja Marianne Pontanin tanssiesityksestä vuonna 1924. JOKA Journalistinen kuva-arkisto Otava @ Finnish Heritage Agency
Kohtaus Annsi Berghin, Mary Hougbergin ja Marianne Pontanin tanssiesityksestä vuonna 1924. JOKA Journalistinen kuva-arkisto Otava @ Museovirasto
A scene from a dance performance: Annsi Bergh, Mary Hougberg and Marianne Pontan in 1924. JOKA [Journalistic photo archive Otava] | Finnish Heritage Agency · Museovirasto

En dilettante, photo amateur

Anonyme, ca. 1910. Coll. Michel F. David, fondateur des éditions Sur la Banquise
En dilettante. Histoire et petites histoires de la photographie amateur au Musée de la photo de Charleroi
En dilettante. Histoire et petites histoires de la photographie amateur, au Musée de la Photographie à Charleroi | src Lien site RTBF

Group photos (back to camera)

De dos. Des photos anciennes anonymes chinées | Old anonymous vintage photos. Vernacular photography, ca. 1890-1950 (mostly). Coll. Michel F. David. | src éditions Sur la Banquise
De dos. Des photos anciennes anonymes chinées | Old anonymous vintage photos. Vernacular photography, ca. 1890-1950 (mostly). Coll. Michel F. David. | src éditions Sur la Banquise
De dos. Des photos anciennes anonymes chinées | Old anonymous vintage photos. Coll. Michel F. David. | src éditions Sur la Banquise
Group of people on a porch, sitting on railings, undated. | src eBay
Group of people on a porch, sitting on railings, undated. | src eBay (broken link)
Musée de la photographie de Charleroi: expo En dilettante, les petites histoires de la photo amateur / Ode aux photographes du dimanche

People amongst rock pools

French coastal scene depicting a man and three women amongst rock pools near the sea, 1895. (Photo by Universal History Archive / Universal Images Group) | src Getty Images
French coastal scene depicting a man and three women amongst rock pools near the sea, 1895. (Photo by Universal History Archive / Universal Images Group) | src Getty Images
French coastal scene depicting two women amongst rock pools near the sea, 1895. (Photo by Universal History Archive / Universal Images Group) | src Getty Images
French coastal scene depicting two women [and a dog] amongst rock pools near the sea, 1895. (Photo by Universal History Archive / Universal Images Group) | src Getty Images

Amateur dancers, 1920s

Just magic. Off studio postcard (1920s) | src unexpectedtales on Flickr
Just magic. Off studio postcard (1920s) | src unexpectedtales on Flickr
Serious Charleston dancing, 1920s (London studio stamp) | src unexpectedtales on Flickr
Serious Charleston dancing, 1920s (studio stamp: Anglo French Photo Co., 46 New Kent Road, London) | src unexpectedtales on Flickr
Egyptian in the studio, unknown date. | src unexpectedtales on Flickr
An Egyptian in the studio, unknown date. | src unexpectedtales on Flickr