Tuesday, May 8, 2012

hopi, tolowa, and tewa women photographed by edward curtis

Woman's primitive dress--Tolowa. Date: c1923. Summary: Ada Lopez Richards, full-length portrait, standing near the shore wearing hat, necklaces, and dress. Photograph by Edward S. Curtis, Curtis (Edward S.) Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
The fruit gatherers. Date C: c1905. Summary: Two Tewa girls picking fruit with basket, bowls on the ground. Photograph by Edward S. Curtis, Curtis (Edward S.) Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
East Mesa girls--Hopi. Date: c1906. Photograph by Edward S. Curtis, Curtis (Edward S.) Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 
Tewa girls. Date: c1900. Summary: Two Tewa girls standing outside pueblo building. Photograph by Edward S. Curtis, Curtis (Edward S.) Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Saguaro gatherers, Maricopa tribe Date: 1907, c1907. Summary: Three Maricopa women with baskets on their heads, standing by Saguaro cacti. Photograph by Edward S. Curtis, Curtis (Edward S.) Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.

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Sunday, May 6, 2012

man ray et les femmes artistes

Paris
circa 1929
Paris
circa 1922
(Karin Elisabeth Kluth)
Paris
circa 1929
Paris
circa 1935

Paris
circa 1930
Paris
circa 1935
Paris
circa 1925

Man Ray Portraits – Paris, Hollywood, Paris 1921–1976
From the Man Ray Archives of Centre Pompidou Paris
ed. by Clément Chéroux, Schirmer/Mosel.

Saturday, May 5, 2012

japanese ceramicist kusafune

i love these pieces by artist kusafune, which google seems to interpret as boat grass potter.  these pots are so adorable.  i want to fill every one of them with cuttings from my succulent collection.




Friday, May 4, 2012

calder's circus


Alexander CalderCalder’s Circus, 1926–31. Wire, wood, metal, cloth, yarn, paper, cardboard, leather, string, rubber tubing, corks, buttons, rhinestones, pipe cleaners, and bottle caps, 54 × 94 1/4 × 94 1/4 in. (137.2 × 239.4 × 239.4 cm) overall, dimensions variable. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York;



"mound" by allison schulinik

lovely trembling ghost dance


Thursday, May 3, 2012

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

LIFE archive: hell's gals

the lady loves of the hell's angels






LIFE archives: rock stars and their folks

The Jefferson Airplane’s Grace Slick poses with her mother, Virginia Wing, in the living room of the home where she grew up in Palo Alto, California in 1970. 
Read more: http://life.time.com/culture/rock-stars-and-their-parents/#ixzz1tl0MLkHu

Frank Zappa in his eclectic Los Angeles home with his cat, his dad Francis, and his mom Rosemarie in 1970
Read more: http://life.time.com/culture/rock-stars-and-their-parents/#ixzz1tkzYJPm5

September 24, 1971 issue, LIFE

loewe atelier

loewe atelier

succulents in the sunshine.

summer of '69

check out these pictures of high school fashions in 1969 photographed by arthur shatz for life magazine.
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