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The Countess Castiglione
The French court photographer Pierre-Louis Pierson took more than 400 portraits of the Countess Castiglione, considered the most beautiful woman of her time,during a 40-year collaboration. The photogr… more →
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The Countess Castiglione
wrote 4 weeks ago: The French court photographer Pierre-Louis Pierson took more than 400 portraits of the Countess Cast … more →
Angus McBean's Beauties
wrote 1 month ago: In the 30s and 40s, Angus McBean was arguably the best portrait photographer of his era. His photogr … more →
A Colonial Harem
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wrote 1 month ago: Last week, I wrote about the controversial picture of Cherid Barkaoun. Someone emailed me with anoth … more →
Arturo Toscanini
wrote 1 month ago: David Seymour, “Chim”, the Polish emigrant who defined an era of sympathetic humanity through his le … more →
The Mainbocher Corset
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wrote 1 month ago: Horst P. Horst, most often known as just Horst, (1906 –1999) was a German American photographer best … more →
Sophia Loren on LIFE magazine
wrote 1 month ago: LIFE always realized the sales value of a little sex. Seldom did an issue of Life miss the opportuni … more →
Gala at La Scala
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wrote 1 month ago: Alfred Eisenstaedt is known for his picture of an unknown couple kissing on the Times Square during … more →
"We Didn't Start the Camera Fire"
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wrote 2 months ago: So it was a friend who first gave me this idea: to use Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Sta … more →
Guggenheim Museum
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wrote 2 months ago: In above photo taken in August 1945, architect Frank Lloyd Wright shows the plan of Guggenheim Museu … more →
At Capote's Ball
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wrote 2 months ago: Truman Capote’s legendary masked ball, at New York City’s Plaza Hotel on November 28, 19 … more →
David Bowie, Aladdin Sane
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wrote 2 months ago: Today, the above image of David Bowie which graced his album Aladdin Sane might have been produced w … more →
Marcel Duchamp as Rrose Sélavy
wrote 2 months ago: One of the 20th centuries’ most preeminent photoartists, Man Ray left behind a number of iconi … more →
Gloria Swanson by Edward Steichen
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wrote 2 months ago: Edward Steichen (1879-1973) was already a famed Pictorialist photographer and painter in the United … more →
Leo Tolstoy in Color
wrote 3 months ago: The above color photo of Russian author Leo Tolstoy was taken around 1908 at Yasnaya Polyana estate … more →
Kate Moss' Cocaine Use
wrote 3 months ago: Originally from the unglamorous south London suburb of Croydon, teenager Moss was discovered in 1988 … more →
Johnny Cash's Finger
wrote 4 months ago: As he grew old, Johnny Cash came to resent the Nashville country-music establishment, which all but … more →
Boy with Toy Hand Grenade
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wrote 4 months ago: A native New Yorker, Diane Arbus photographed the inhabitants of the city, seeking out those at the … more →
Gerald Ford falls
wrote 4 months ago: Above, the photographer Wally McNamee captured an iconic moment as President Gerald Ford slips and f … more →
Winston Churchill by Yousef Karsh
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wrote 5 months ago: It was one of the most famous portraits ever made. Some say it is the most reproduced image in histo … more →
