Robert Mapplethorpe, Self Portrait (1980).
little French girl, 1920s via Pinterest
1898
We should still keep photos in beautiful cases like these. They are great.
Some of the 179 tintypes that sold for $22k at auction at Swann. See catalogue description here.
I would love to know what these two men were thinking of when they were staging this photo.
One of the 179 tintypes that sold for $22k at auction at Swann. See catalogue description here.
Just take a little off the side…
One of the 179 tintypes that sold for $22k at auction at Swann. See catalogue description here.
How cute.
Two of the 179 tintypes that sold for $22k at auction at Swann. See catalogue description here.
Some 19th c. ladies & gents making music.
Two of the 179 tintypes that sold for $22k at auction at Swann. See catalogue description here.
One of the tintypes that sold this week at auction for $22k at Swann. See catalogue description here.
One of the tintypes up for auction tomorrow at Swann. See catalogue description here.
I enjoy White’s photograph because it transcends the idea of surrealism and symbolism. The piece takes the viewer out of reality, by focusing on light and shape rather than the curtain and window. It’s simplistic yet elegant and trans-formative of the mundane.
Women Playing Cards, c. 1890
Picasso working on Guernica, 1937.











