Albert Arthur Allen- Study from The Model- 1925

Albert Arthur Allen- Study from The Model- 1925

Albert Arthur Allen- Study from The Model- 1925

Albert Arthur Allen- Study from The Model- 1925

Albert Arthur Allen- Study from The Model- 1925

Albert Arthur Allen- Study from The Model- 1925

Albert Arthur Allen- Study from The Model- 1925

Albert Arthur Allen- Study from The Model- 1925

Albert Arthur Allen- Study from The Model- 1925

Albert Arthur Allen- Study from The Model- 1925

Albert Arthur Allen- Study from The Model- 1925

Albert Arthur Allen- Study from The Model- 1925

Albert Arthur Allen- Study from The Model- 1925

Albert Arthur Allen- Study from The Model- 1925. (7)

Albert Arthur Allen- Study from The Model- 1925

Albert Arthur Allen- Study from The Model- 1925

Albert Arthur Allen- Study from The Model- 1925

Albert Arthur Allen- Study from The Model- 1925 (3)

Albert Arthur Allen- Study from The Model- 1925

Albert Arthur Allen- Study from The Model- 1925

Albert Arthur Allen- Study from The Model- 1925

Albert Arthur Allen- Study from The Model- 1925

Albert Arthur Allen- Study from The Model- 1925

Albert Arthur Allen- Study from The Model- 1925

Albert Arthur Allen- Study from The Model- 1925

Albert Arthur Allen- Study from The Model- 1925

Albert Arthur Allen- Study from The Model- 1925

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marguerite Duras- La maladie de la mort

« Vous devriez ne pas la connaître, l’avoir trouvée partout à la fois,
dans un hôtel, dans une rue, dans un train, dans un bar, dans un livre, dans un film, en vous-même, en vous, en toi, au hasard de ton sexe dressé dans la nuit qui appelle où se mettre,
où se débarrasser des pleurs qui le remplissent.
Vous pourriez l’avoir payée.
Vous auriez dit : Il faudrait venir chaque nuit pendant plusieurs jours.
Elle vous aurait regardé longtemps, et puis elle vous aurait dit que dans ce cas c’était cher.
Et puis elle demande : Vous voulez quoi ?
Vous dites que vous voulez essayer, tenter la chose, tenter connaître ça, vous habituer à ça, à ce corps, à ces seins,
à ce parfum, à la beauté, à ce danger de mise au monde d’enfants que représente ce corps, à cette forme imberbe sans accidents musculaires ni de force, à ce visage, à cette peau nue,
à cette coïncidence entre cette peau et la vie qu’elle recouvre.
Vous lui dites que vous voulez essayer, essayer plusieurs jours peut-être.
Peut-être plusieurs semaines.
Peut-être même pendant toute votre vie.
Elle demande : Essayer quoi ?
Vous dites: d’aimer. »

Marguerite Duras– In, La maladie de la mort

Edward Steichen- Gloria Swanson from Vanity Fair

Edward Steichen- Gloria Swanson from Vanity Fair – November 1924

Edward Steichen- Gloria Swanson from  Vanity Fair - November 1924

Edward Steichen- Gloria Swanson from Vanity Fair – November 1924

Edward Steichen- Gloria Swanson from  Vanity Fair , 1925

Edward Steichen- Gloria Swanson from Vanity Fair , 1925

 

 

 

Man Ray – Lee Miller nue

Man Ray – Lee Miller vers 1930 © Man Ray Trust

Man Ray – Lee Miller vers 1930 © Man Ray Trust

Karlo Kocjančič – Spider, 1938

Karlo Kocjančič – Spider, 1938

René Char -J’habite une douleur- in Le poème pulvérisé (1945-1947)

« Ne laisse pas le soin de gouverner ton coeur à ces tendresses parentes de l’automne auquel elles empruntent sa placide allure et son affable agonie. L’oeil est précoce à se plisser. La souffrance connaît peu de mots. Préfère te coucher sans fardeau: tu rêveras du lendemain et ton lit te sera léger. Tu rêveras que ta maison n’a plus de vitres. Tu es impatient de t’unir au vent, au vent qui parcourt une année en une nuit. D’autres chanteront l’incorporation mélodieuse, les chairs qui ne personnifient plus que la sorcellerie du sablier. Tu condamneras la gratitude qui se répète. Plus tard, on t’identifiera à quelque géant désagrégé, seigneur de l’impossible. Pourtant. Tu n’as fait qu’augmenter le poids de ta nuit. Tu es retourné à la pêche aux murailles, à la canicule sans été. Tu es furieux contre ton amour au centre d’une entente qui s’affole. Songe à la maison parfaite que tu ne verras jamais monter. A quand la récolte de l’abîme? Mais tu as crevé les yeux du lion. Tu crois voir passer la beauté au-dessus des lavandes noires… »

René Char -J’habite une douleur- in Le poème pulvérisé (1945-1947)

Jacques Irisson -René Char- (vers 1947). [Image tirée du catalogue « René Char », BNF (mai 2007)]

Jacques Irisson -René Char- (vers 1947). [Image tirée du catalogue « René Char », BNF (mai 2007)]

Louise Brooks in Pandora’s Box, 1929

Louise Brooks in Pandora’s Box- 1929, directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst.

Louise Brooks in Pandora’s Box- 1929, directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst.

Louise Brooks in Pandora’s Box- 1929, directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst.

Louise Brooks in Pandora’s Box- 1929, directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst.

Louise Brooks in Pandora’s Box- 1929, directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst.

Louise Brooks in Pandora’s Box- 1929, directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst.

Louise Brooks in Pandora’s Box- 1929, directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst.

Louise Brooks in Pandora’s Box- 1929, directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst.

Louise Brooks in Pandora’s Box- 1929, directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst

Louise Brooks in Pandora’s Box- 1929, directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst

 

Louise Brooks in Pandora’s Box- 1929, directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst.

Louise Brooks in Pandora’s Box- 1929, directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst.

 [+] November 2013

i found it …watch the movie and enjoy

 

Man Ray -Lee Miller chapeau cloche (et/ou) veste à Pois, 1932

Man Ray -Lee Miller chapeau cloche et veste à Pois, 1932( Projet finalisé et publié) © Man Ray Trust

Man Ray -Lee Miller chapeau cloche et veste à Pois, 1932 (Projet finalisé et publié ) © Man Ray Trust

 

Man Ray -Lee Miller chapeau cloche et veste à Pois, 1932 © Man Ray Trust

 

Man Ray -Lee Miller chapeau cloche et veste à Pois, 1932 © Man Ray Trust

 

Man Ray -Lee Miller chapeau cloche et veste à Pois, 1932 Projet finalisé et publié © Man Ray Trust

Man Ray -Lee Miller chapeau cloche et veste à Pois, planche contact, 1932 © Man Ray Trust

Man Ray -Lee Miller chapeau cloche et veste à Pois, planche contact, 1932 © Man Ray Trust

1917 Fashions

1917 Fashions

Louis Fleckenstein

 

Louis Fleckenstein- Dancers on the rooftop ,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein was born in Faribault, Minnesota on January 2, 1866. His interest in art was originally rooted in painting, but that quickly changed after his wife gave him a camera for his birthday in 1895. The following year, the businessman began studying pictorial photography in Montana with an artist friend who was no admirer of snapshot or handheld cameras. While the friend was carrying his 5 x 8 camera, Mr. Fleckenstein was following along with his sketch book. When the duo would find a particularly picturesque setting, they would make a visual record of it. After six months, Mr. Fleckenstein found a camera to his liking, and paid another friend $3 for his « ideal » 3-1/2 x 3-1/2 fixed focus camera. He then selected what he believed to be the proper processing, developing, toning, and printing chemicals for an amateur photographer. Soon, he had a small fortune invested in equipment, chemicals, plates, and paper. To recover his investment, Mr. Fleckenstein decided to enter his pictures in exhibitions and competitions. To his amazement, he took third prize for his first effort.

Encouraged by his showing, Mr. Fleckenstein invested in a larger 4 x 5 camera and entered one of the monthly amateur photography contests held by The Minneapolis Tribune. His business contemporaries believed this would be a good opportunity to receive constructive criticism from professional photographers, but warned his odds of winning a prize were slim. He learned a great deal not only about pictorial photography, but also about winning the first of several first prizes for his enlarged 8 x 10 photographs. With his winnings, he invested in a 5 x 7 camera outfit, and promptly joined The Worldwide Photo Exchange to continue his photographic education. He expanded his knowledge about plates, developers, and paper. He concluded that Rodinal was his developer of choice and that the Kallitype chemical process was most suitable for paper. According to Mr. Fleckenstein, Rodinal was easy to mix and provided the softness to a pictorial negative he was seeking. He applied the Kallitype method by coating Weston’s Linen Ledger or Record paper with a light sensitizing solution comprised of ferric oxalate, silver nitrate, and potassium bichromate, which was then hung to dry in his darkroom. It must then be properly cleared or the print will have a tendency to fade.

After relocating to Los Angeles, Mr. Fleckenstein turned his camera hobby into a full-time vocation in 1907, opening a studio in the Blanchard Art Building. He also became one of the founders of the Salon Club of America, and served as its director until the fall of 1907. With other California-based pictorialists like Edward Weston, Mr. Fleckenstein formed the Camera Pictorialists of Los Angeles and also served as its director. One of his most celebrated pictorial collections was entitled, « Photographs of California Missions, » which impressively featured all 21 missions. In later years, he settled in Long Beach, where he served as its first art commissioner for several years while continuing to publish and exhibit his photographs. Louis Fleckenstein died in Long Beach on April 9, 1943 at the age of 77.

 

Louis Fleckenstein–  Dancers on the rooftop ,1907-1924   Gelatin silver print.

Louis Fleckenstein Dancer on Rooftop ,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein Dancers on Rooftop ,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein Florence Dancing on Rooftop ,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein Florence Dancing on Rooftop ,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein Florence Dancing in Native American Costume ,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein Florence Dancing in Native American Costume ,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein Florence Dancing in Native American Costume ,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein Florence Dancing in Native American Costume ,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein Florence Dancing in Native American Costume ,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein Florence Dancing in Native American Costume ,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein Florence Dancing in Native American Costume ,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein -Dancer on Rooftop,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein- Dancers on the rooftop ,,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein- Dancers on Rooftop,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein- Dancers on Rooftop,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein- Dancer and Her Shadow on Wall ,1907-1943 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein -Antics of Loki, 1929 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein- Dancer and Her Shadow on Wall ,1907-1943 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein- Female Dancer on Rooftop ,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein -Female Nude,1895 – 1907 Toned Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein -Woman Standing in Surf ,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein-Portrait of a Woman Pleated Robe ,1907-1943 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein -Nautch Girl,1924-1943 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein Dancer, with Javelin, 1925 Hand-colored gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein -Dancer in Costume ,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein -Costumed Woman Holding a Glass Incense Burner, 1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein -Dancer by Garden Pool, 1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein -Woman Reclining on Rock Outcrop 1907 – 1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein- The Desert Wind ,1930 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein -The Dance of the Rocks, 1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein- Dancer on the rock ,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein -The Dance of the Rocks, 1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein [Dancer in Garden ,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein- Dancers in Garden,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein- Dancer in Garden ,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein- Dancer in Garden ,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein Dancer ,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein- Dancer in Garden ,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein- Dancer OU ,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein- Dancer outside ,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein Dancer,,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein Dancer,,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein- Dancers in Garden ,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein- Dancers in Garden ,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

 

Louis Fleckenstein- Dancers in Garden ,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein- Dancers in Garden ,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein- Dancers in Garden resting ,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein Model in Classical Costume 1907 – 1915 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein- Florence with Gauzy Shawl ,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein- Florence with Gauzy Shawl ,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein Half Nude Reclining on Bed 1895 – 1943

Louis Fleckenstein -Adryanne, 1924 – 1943 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein -[Woman with Bead Necklace ,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein -Dancer Kneeling in Deep Shadow,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein -Dancers by Pool,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein- Female nude seated on bed,1895-1943 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein -Gypsy Dancer Seated ,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein -Portrait of a Girl with Fan ,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein -Spirit of the Storm 1907 – 1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein-The Call ,1931 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein -Model in Classical Costume,1907-1915 Hand-colored Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein Model in Classical Costume 1907 – 1915 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein -Pipes of Pan ,1916 Hand colored Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein- Nude, ,1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein -Female Dancer with Dagger 1924 – 1930 TonnedGelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein -Female Dancer in Fur Outfit, 1916 Hand-colored Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein -Movement Study, 1907-1924 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein Half Nude Reclining on Bed 1895 – 1943

Louis Fleckenstein -Gypsy Dancer ,1907-1943 Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein -Florence with Hand Mirror and Painting,1910 Hand colored Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein -Florence Seated with Large Fan ,1910 Hand colored Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein -Florence Reclining on a Tiger Rug,1910 Hand colored Gelatin silver print

Louis Fleckenstein -An Oriental Theme, 1924 Hand-colored gelatin silver print

 

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