Tag: women at the window, women by the window

The visit by Lady Hawarden

Lady Hawarden (1822-1865) ~ Study from Life / Photographic Study ca. 1864. Albumen print from glass negative (detail)
Lady Clementina Hawarden (1822-1865) ~ Study from Life or Photographic Study ca. 1864. Albumen print from glass negative | src V&A Museum
Lady Clementina Hawarden (1822-1865) ~ Study from Life or Photographic Study ca. 1864. Albumen print from wet collodion on glass negative | src V&A Museum

‘In this photograph as in Ph 380-1947 (image below) her two eldest daughters of Lady Hawarden reaffirm their bond with each other and with their mother. Isabella Grace, in an evening dress, her hair elaborately arranged, with her back to the camera perhaps in order to show the intricacies of her dress and hair to full advantage, stands at the French window to the terrace. Clementina, poised like a mirror before her sister, her expression perhaps reflecting that on Isabella Grace’s face, incongruously wears a riding habit and appears dishevelled. Their rapport is visually strengthened by the lines of the window, which direct our eyes to their arms, gracefully linked.’

Clementina Hawarden (1822-1865) :: Untitled (Isabella Grace and Clementina), 1864. Albumen print. | src V&A Museum
Clementina Hawarden ~ Der Besuch (The visit) | src Zeno.org

Shadow pattern on Miller torso

Man Ray :: Shadow Patterns on Lee Miller’s Torso, ca. 1930. Gelatin silver print. | src The Huffington post
Man Ray :: Untitled (Shadow patterns on Lee Miller’s Torso), ca. 1930 Photo-engraving. | src liveauctioneers

From ‘The Eye of Love’, 1952

René Groebli :: From ‘The Eye of Love’ (# 521), Nouvel Hotel, Montparnasse, Paris, 1952. | src René Groebli
René Groebli :: From ‘The Eye of Love’ (# 526), Nouvel Hotel, Montparnasse, Paris, 1952. | src René Groebli
René Groebli :: From ‘The Eye of Love’ (# 508), Nouvel Hotel, Montparnasse, Paris, 1952. | src René Groebli
René Groebli :: From ‘The Eye of Love’ (# 1554), Nouvel Hotel, Montparnasse, Paris, 1952. | src René Groebli
René Groebli :: From ‘The Eye of Love’ (# 1555), Nouvel Hotel, Montparnasse, Paris, 1952. | src René Groebli

“In 1955, the U.S. CAMERA ANNUAL carried a representative presentation of the edition: Ten photographs on eight pages, commented as follows: THE EYE OF LOVE is a tender photo-essay on a photographer’s love for a woman, his wife, (…) published in book form. U.S. CAMERA is happy to be able to present excerpts from this warm and beautiful story by a young Swiss photographer.” (quoted from source)