Robert Mapplethorpe, Self Portrait (1980).
Sale 2311 Lot 31
(AMERICAN TINTYPES)
Collection of 179 unique and marvelous studio and “en plein air” tintype photographs. With pictures of a professional photographer posing with a camera, occupational tradesmen (including a salesman), outdoor scenes, humorous pictures made on vacations, military men, commercial images, studies with curious props (including a crocodile and a bear), musicians, children with toys, an African-American subject, a copy image, a view of a photographer’s tent, and more. Approximately 25 are whole-plate and half-plates, 15 are quarter-plates, 105 are sixth-plates, and 5 are ninth-plates; 5 are in full cases; 5 are in half cases, 5 are in brass preservers, and 2 are housed in Eastlake frames. 1860s-1890s
Sold $22,000
Look at all those classy smoking babies
by Frieke Janssens
Click through and check out the individual images. The outfits/makeup/photographsingeneral are amazing
(via onthejo24-7)
Source: frieke.com
Salvador Dali at a book signing, taken with a fisheye lens, by Philippe Halsman, 1963.
My photo from last year, 5th Ave
One of my photos of the Flatiron Building
Dumbledore? Is that you?
Drawing of a Pakistani girl from a Steve McCurry photo. 2010
Someday I will have a collection of Daguerreotypes.
One of my favorite photos I’ve taken in NYC. I love walking by this building twice a day. It’s just great.
circus performer











