Claude Cahun

Publié par Lapetitemelancolie le 22/04/2012

Claude Cahun – Pierre Albert-Birot et Vanni, Vanna, 1929

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Bert- Burlesque Dancer, 1910’s french, postcard

Publié par Lapetitemelancolie le 20/04/2012

Bert- Burlesque Dancer, 1910’s french, postcard

Lotte Jacobi- Head of the Dancer Niura Norskaya, 1929.

Publié par Lapetitemelancolie le 13/04/2012

Lotte Jacobi- Head of the Dancer Niura Norskaya, 1929.

Dancer Tilly Losch wore art deco headdress in one of Cochran’s intimate, London revues, 1930s

Publié par Lapetitemelancolie le 10/04/2012

Unknown photographer - Dancer Tillie Losch wore this art deco headdress in one of Cochran’s intimate, London revues, 1930s

Unknown photographer – Dancer Tillie Losch wore art deco headdress in one of Cochran’s intimate, London revues, 1930s

Brassaï – Les Folies Bergère

Publié par Lapetitemelancolie le 09/04/2012

© Brassai -fill aux Folies Bergeres, 1932

© Brassai -L'Arc-en-Ciel aux Folies-Bergères-1932

© Brassaï-Le Dompteur et ses Fauves, vue des Coulisses des Folies-Bergere,1932.

Brassaï (Gyula Halasz) (1889 – 1984) la cage aux fauves, 1932 Gelatin silver print, printed c.1932

Brassai (Ghula Halasz,1899-1984)-.Juan-les-pins, Folies Bergere, 1932

© Brassaï-Backstage at Juan-les-Pins,the Folies-Bergere, 1932

Brassaï- Folies Bergère,c.1930-1932

Brassaï (Gyula Halasz) (1889 – 1984) l’oiseau de feu’ aux folies bergeres, c.1932 Gelatin silver print, printed c.1932;

© Brassai -Girls anglaises dans leur loge aux Folies-Bergères, 1932

© Brassai -L'Araignée aux Folies-Bergères-1932

© Brassai -Le pompier de service aux Folies-Bergères-1932

Ballet

Publié par Lapetitemelancolie le 28/03/2012

Barbara Morgan- Martha Graham -Letter to the World (Swirl), 1940

Publié par Lapetitemelancolie le 12/03/2012

Martha Graham- Barbara Morgan & Merce Cunningham, Letter To The World, 1940.

Barbara Morgan- Martha Graham & Merce Cunningham, Letter To The World, 1940.

Barbara Morgan- Martha Graham -Letter to the World (Swirl), 1940 – gelatin silver print on paper (Smithsonian)

Barbara Morgan – Martha Graham

Publié par Lapetitemelancolie le 18/01/2012

Barbara Morgan- Martha Graham in ‘Deep Song’ [New York City], 1938

Barbara Morgan - Martha Graham , Deep Song, 1938

Barbara Morgan- Martha Graham in ‘Deep Song’ [New York City], 1938

Barbara Morgan – Martha Graham – Indian from American Document, 1930s

Barbara Morgan – Martha Graham – Frontier, 1930s

Soichi Sunami – Martha Graham

Publié par Lapetitemelancolie le 26/12/2011

Soichi Sunami Martha Graham dancers performing Satie’s Gnossienne Danse Languide , 1927

Soichi Sunami Martha Graham , 1927

Soichi Sunami -Martha Graham Dancers in Danse Languide, 1927

Soichi Sunami – Martha Graham Photograph of Heretic, 1929 (published in Dance Magazine July, 1929)

Soichi Sunami – Martha Graham Two primitive canticles, 1931

Soichi Sunami – Martha Graham Dancers, Marionette, No. 1,1920

Soichi Sunami – Martha Graham in “Rhapsodies », 1928

Soichi Sunami Martha Graham Ekstasis, No. 1, 1933

Soichi Sunami Martha graham, 1933

Soichi Sunami Martha Graham Ekstasis, No. 2, 1933

Imogen Cunningham- Martha Graham, Serie 1931

Publié par Lapetitemelancolie le 21/12/2011

Imogen Cunningham- Martha Graham #35 ,1931

Imogen Cunningham- Martha Graham, 1931

Imogen Cunningham- Martha Graham ,1931

Imogen Cunningham- Martha Graham, 1931

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Olive Ann Alcorn

Publié par Lapetitemelancolie le 12/12/2011

The Actress, Olive Ann Alcorn, 1925

Olive Ann Alcorn c. 1914

Charlie Chaplin with Olive Ann Alcorn, Edna Purviance, Willie Mae Carson, & Helen Kohn as ‘The Nymphs’ in Sunnyside,1919

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Edward Steichen – Isadora and ThereseDuncan at the Parthenon,1921

Publié par Lapetitemelancolie le 09/12/2011

Edward Steichen- Isadora Duncan at the Portal of the Parthenon, Athens,1921

Edward Steichen – Therese Duncan on the Acropolis, Athens, 1921

Edward Steichen – Wind fire – Thérèse Duncan on the Acropolis, 1921

Edward Steichen -Therese Duncan -The Parthenon, 1921

Edward Steichen- Therese Duncan’s reaching arms-The Parthenon, 1921

Edward Steichen- Isadora Duncan at the parthenon, Athens, 1920

Man Ray -Tilly Losch

Publié par Lapetitemelancolie le 01/12/2011

Man Ray -Tilly Losch, surimpression , 1942 Musée centre G.Pompidou ADAGP

Man Ray- Actress & Dancer Tilly Losch, 1940’s

Man Ray– Actress & Dancer Tilly Losch, , 1942 ADAGP

Edmund Kesting et la danse les doubles et multiples expositions

Publié par Lapetitemelancolie le 10/11/2011

Né en 1892,à Dresde à partir de 1911 Kesting étudié la peinture et la sculpture dans sa ville natale .

Après avoir fait la guerre de 14, il continue son travail d’artiste et realise des peintures à l’huile , aquarelles et gouaches des collages dès le début des années 20 , il entretiens des contacts étroits avec les artistes avant-gardistes tels que Kurt Schwitters , László Moholy-Nagy , El Lissitzky , Alexander Archipenko en autre.

A partir de 1925, il se concentre sur la photographie. Il este des techniques photographiques expérimentales telles que les expositions multiples , photogrammes et montages négatifs. c’est vers les années 30 que Kesting porte son interet aux portraits et la photographie de danse

En 1936, Kesting était interdit d’exposer. L’année suivante, douze de ses œuvres ont été considérées comme » de l’art dégénéré »

Après la guerre , avec Karl von Appen , Helmut Schmidt Kirstein , Hans Christoph Kesting et d’autres il fonde en 1945 à Dresde, le groupe d’artistes » art libéré » . contribuant aussi à la reconstruction de Dresde, en découle une série de travaux expérimentaux photographiques intitulées « Dresdner Totentanz ».

Il est nommé en 1946 à l’Académie d’Art de Dresde, il a pris la direction de la formation «Photographie et Cinéma». En 1955, il fut envoyé à l’ Académie de cinéma et de télévision à Potsdam-Babelsberg désigné comme un «maître de conférences au Département de la caméra », il a pris sa retraite en 1960. À la fin des années 1950, il a travaillé comme photographe de célébrités.

Edmund Kesting est mort 1970 à Birch Werder près de Berlin.

Edmund Kesting –Tanz ‘Dore Hager’, Dresden,, 1947

Edmund Kesting – Dancer Dore Hoyer, 1939

Edmund Kesting- Dore Hoyer, 1944

Edmund Kesting -Rythmisher Tanz im Doppelbelichtung (Dore Hoyer) Late 1920s

Edmund Kesting- Tanz Dore Hoyer Dresden 1926

Edmund Kesting -Dean Goodelle, 1932

Edmund Kesting- Tanz (Dean Goodelle), 1930

Edmund Kesting – Tanzfiguren Dean Goodelle, 1930

Edmund Kesting- Javanischer Tanz, 1934

Edmund Kesting – Javanischer Tanz, 1931

Edmund Kesting – Marianne Vogelsang, 1928

Edmund Kesting- Picture of a Dancer, 1933

Edmund Kesting – Dancer, 1930

Edmund Kesting -Gret Palucca , 1946

Edmund Kesting-Ausdruckstanz Mary Wigmann-Schule, 1930

Edmund Kesting – Portrait of Mary Wigman (double exposure) Dresden,1947

Edmund Kesting – Mary Wigman, 1935

Louis Fleckenstein

Publié par Lapetitemelancolie le 10/01/2011

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 Westonâ€™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