peaches

the woman made a tremulous, dismissing gesture.  she pulled her saucer of canned sliced peaches toward her.  the peaches, like slimy little orange fishes, slithered over the edge of the spoon each time the spoon lifted, all except one which the woman would eat.

the price of salt

patricia highsmith

LIFE archive: gjon mili

mili photographs picasso drawing with light.  astonishing.

soviet circus life

source: english russia

LIFE archive: nina leen

from the august 23, 1943, issue of LIFE and a story about "amateur vs. professional ways of achieving a summer coiffure."

from a story on the Ringling Bros. Circus in the April 4, 1949, issue of LIFE. the caption for this picture: "Nothing but circus all day every day is the happy fate of these two performers' tots, who sit around the big tent watching as the pretty Miss Lola practices on a tightwire and an acrobat balances an odd contraption on his feet."

Read more: http://life.time.com/photographers/photographer-spotlight-nina-leen/#ixzz1tkt8ih4n

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wolf pack

andrew wyeth's wolves

anita in the wolf camp

source: polar zoo

'suburban boundaries' by photographer david malan

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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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man ray et les femmes artistes

Lee Miller

Paris

circa 1929

Bronislava Nijinska

Paris

circa 1922

Karin van Leyden

(Karin Elisabeth Kluth)

Paris

circa 1929

Denise Tual

Paris

circa 1935

Jacqueline Goddard

Paris

circa 1930

Nusch Éluard

Paris

circa 1935

Nancy Cunard

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.

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.

calder's circus

Alexander Calder, Calder’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

lover's eye

seductive georgian miniatures

for a collection of other lovely portraits see suzanne's pinterest page

LIFE archive: hell's gals

the lady loves of the hell's angels