From Studio 54 to Paradise Garage, Bernstein was there to document the euphoric late 70s peak of the New York City disco scene
As the 14 jimadors—who happen to be responsible for helping to produce all the Don Julio tequila in the world—make their way off the bus, they talk little.
As the curator of two Cuba-themed exhibitions, Promising Paradise and Cuban Caricature and Culture, at The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, I had been contacted by a team of Cuban-Ameri…
A. Aubrey Bodine. Fairy Ring, c.1950.
Fascinating photos by Tokyo street photographer Katsumi Watanabe, captured the rich subculture of the Shinjuku District. Images from 1960s – 1980s including black and white photographs shot o…
“Japanese Fashions are in the time of the Tokyo Olympics the highlight of the International Fashion Week in Düsseldorf. This evening dress ‘Obi’, made of the same material as the famous kimonos, was designed by the fashion-advisor of the Empress of Japan.” Press release, dated 24.10.64 Hiroko Matsumoto was a famous fashion model and style icon of the 1960s. She was the muse for much of the early work of Pierre Cardin and in 1970 she appeared in François Truffaut’s film “Domicile Conjugal”.
Last week’s pictures took us back to a time when there were still dozen of pubs in Chelsea. It’s true that they were changing in the early 1970s. The Lord Nelson in the King’s Road changed its name…
Max Dupain.
This old Mexican postcard (which has no vertical line on the reverse) shows a woman making tortillas using a metate and a comal for cooking.
“The quality that we call beauty, however, must always grow from the realities of life, and our ancestors, forced to live in dark rooms, presently...
El Jimador Is the term for the people who work with the Agave plants, and make sure to cut through to get the "Piña" which literally means Pineapple, but its named like that because it sort of...
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