Horst P. Horst (1906-1999) Image courtesy of Herry Lawford: http://www.flickr.com/ “ I like taking photographs, becau...
Relive the memories of Old Philippines with these fascinating colorized photographs.
Artwork and Inspirations by Evelyn Kennedy Duncan
A new book surveys photography from the 1950s that appeared in Look magazine
They compared his legacy to Picasso’s and called him the “King of Fashion” in America and Le Magnifique in Paris. He liberated women from corsets, dominated Belle Epoque fashion with his lavish draped designs and was the first French couturier to commercialise his own perfumes, now an industry standard marketing concept. Paul Poiret should be a…
Phyllis and Zena Dare, c.1907.
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Gdss Victoria Melita of Hesse (later gdss Victoria Fyodorovna of russia) with her daughter, the tragic pss Elisabeth of Hesse. Darmstadt, 1899.
For this post, I am focusing mainly on the Mid to Late Victorian Era (1855-1901). However, there are tricks for all eras and I will be covering them soon! Corsets are an essential part of almost an…
Situémonos. Abril 1912, nos preparamos para bajar a cenar, con nuestras mejores galas, en el Gran Buque (iríamos en primera clase y por supuesto no se hundiría). Seguiríamos la moda de París y lle…
bring back nostalgia and memories
Photography’s earliest practitioners dreamed of finding a method for reproducing the world around them in color. Some nineteenth-century photographers experimented with chemical formulations aimed at producing color images by direct exposure, while others applied paints and powders to the surfaces of monochrome prints. Vigorous experimentation led to several early color processes, some of which were even patented, but the methods were often impractical, cumbersome and unreliable. After decades of wishing for a practical color process, photographers were thrilled when Auguste and Louis Lumière announced the invention of the autochrome process. The Lumière brothers, inventors of the motion picture camera, presented their invention to the French Academy of Sciences in 1904. The process used a screen of tiny potato starch grains dyed orange-red, green and violet. Dusted onto a glass plate, the dyed grains were covered with a layer of sensitive panchromatic silver bromide emulsion. As light entered the camera, it was filtered by the dyed grains before it reached the emulsion. While the exposure time was very long, the plate could be processed easily by a photographer familiar with standard darkroom procedures. The result was a unique, realistic, positive color image on glass that required no further printing. George Eastman House has significant holdings of autochromes, including over 3900 examples by amateur photographer Charles Zoller of Rochester, New York. The museum also holds autochromes by Edward Steichen among others. (via George Eastman House)
Did you find any inspiration from some of the photos and links from the last decade for The Challenge? Just remember, right now I am gathering info for you so that you can see what decades you wou…
The Edwardian era was once elegantly described as, a "leisurely time when women wore picture hats and did not vote, when the rich were not ashamed to live
Edwardian fashion refers to the clothing worn in the early 20th century and features an elegant, mature look for women, created around the S curve with its monobosom and a new long line.
This is our second look at mugshots / prison portraits taken by New South Wales Police Department photographers in the 1920s. These pictures of female prisoners pictures were taken at the Central Police Station, Sydney, Australia. We do not know who took them. That’s a pity because they are extraordinary. Judged by the system … Continue reading "Villains In Furs: Incredible Mugshots of Female Prisoners in the Early 20th Century"
Stockholm, Paris, Moscow, Tokyo, Istanbul, London. You’ll find street style blogs for almost every major city. Amateur and professional photographers hang around outside fashion shows or just prowl…
Stitched up Samantha asked – How do you wear a hat without looking and feeling silly? It’s an interesting question! At one time everyone in the UK wore a hat, at least when they were ou…
London photographer Edward Linley Sambourne captured everyday street style around the turn of the 20th century...
This post has been updated with new information you can find at the end of the post. With every passing day, the Château de la Mothe-Chandeniers falls further into ruin; another stone becomes dislodged by strangling vines, what remains of the roof sinks a little lower. Nature is winning. (c) Jean-Luc She’s a sleeping beauty situated in the…
Concise illustrated history of women's fashion from 1900 to 1919. Dresses and styles from the Edwardian era of the 1900's, and post Edwardian 1910's
The dapper villain...
London photographer Edward Linley Sambourne captured everyday street style around the turn of the 20th century...
Teenagers have always been a troublesome bunch as these hilarious photos from across the world from the 19th and early 20th century show.
Alig merem leírni: a híres francia haute couture atyja nem francia, hanem egy angol, bizonyos Charles Fre...
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CALL THE MIDWIFE star Helen George has hinted Nurse Trixie Franklin will face difficulty in the coming episodes this season, as she returns to her dark side.
Being mortal, death and the end of mortality have always held a fascination for humanity. Whether peaceful or violent, in old age or in youth, death comes to al
There was quite a bit of interest in my first post about Edward Linley Sambourne’s street photography so now that Victorian month is over we can go back to the early years of the 20th century and f…
Elling Woman is the name given to a well-preserved bog body that was discovered in Denmark during the first half of the 20th century. By then, this type of remains had already been found in Denmark’s bogs for at least a century. For instance, one bog body, unearthed in 1835, was thought to have belonged to a legendary Viking queen from the 8th century AD by the name of Gundhilde.
The original hub for vintage 1940s fashion and style for women. Learn about silhouette, clothing, accessories, and popular WW2 hairstyles
Because of the Wall Street Crash which resulted in the Great Depression, most people were unable to afford luxurious clothing like in the 1920’s. Unless you were rather wealthy, frivolous purchases…
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