See also film blog for poncy celebration of nuns without clothes.

3rd June 2012

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Patti Smith by Robert Mapplethorpe, 1979

Patti Smith by Robert Mapplethorpe, 1979

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3rd June 2012

Quote reblogged from ZEIGARNICK with 74 notes

All contents of consciousness are ineffable. Even the simplest sensation is, in its totality, indescribable. Every work of art, therefore, needs to be understood not only as something rendered, but also as a certain handling of the ineffable. In the greatest art, one is always aware of things that cannot be said, of the contradiction between expression and the presence of the inexpressible. Stylistic devices are also techniques of avoidance. The most potent elements in a work of art are, often, its silences.

Susan Sontag, ‘On Style’, in Against Interpretation and Other Essays (1966)

(via zeigarnikinneroptics)

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3rd June 2012

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Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill

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3rd June 2012

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billyjane:

a_k: Gustave Geley. Materialization of a Woman’s Face Produced by the Medium Eva C.

billyjane:

a_k: Gustave Geley. Materialization of a Woman’s Face Produced by the Medium Eva C.

Tagged: spirit photographyphotographyectoplasmeva cmediumgustav geley

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3rd June 2012

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yama-bato, mondonoir:

Nigel Scott, Tirage, United Kingdom, 1996

yama-batomondonoir:

Nigel Scott, Tirage, United Kingdom, 1996

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3rd June 2012

Photo reblogged from Love Like Cancer with 156 notes

kirgiakos, mirrormaskcamera:

(via Pour 15 Minutes D’Amour: Qui est qui ?)

1946: Masquerade in Casablanca - a dance hall in Rio - by José Medeiros, the great Brazilian photographer of the 40s and 50s. His photographs of Rio nights have that little something that makes them delicately fashioned charm.

kirgiakosmirrormaskcamera:

(via Pour 15 Minutes D’Amour: Qui est qui ?)

1946: Masquerade in Casablanca - a dance hall in Rio - by José Medeiros, the great Brazilian photographer of the 40s and 50s. His photographs of Rio nights have that little something that makes them delicately fashioned charm.

Tagged: photographymaskscasablanca1940sjose medeiros

Source: mirrormaskcamera

2nd June 2012

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Le Voyage de Beryl Marquees by Jean Louis Brau & Claude Palmer, 1968
Via Au carrefour étrange
Also

Le Voyage de Beryl Marquees by Jean Louis Brau & Claude Palmer, 1968

Via Au carrefour étrange

Also

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2nd June 2012

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Wormwood #3 by Jane Burton, 2007

Wormwood #3 by Jane Burton, 2007

Tagged: nudewormwoodphotographyjane burton

2nd June 2012

Photo reblogged from Poe's Mistress with 117 notes

frenchtwist:
Cache-cache (Hide and Seek) by Georges Hugnet, 1935/36Also

frenchtwist:

Cache-cache (Hide and Seek) by Georges Hugnet, 1935/36

Also

Tagged: surrealsurrealismgeorges hugnetcollagephotomontagenudedoubles1930shide and seek

Source: frenchtwist

2nd June 2012

Photo reblogged from Reality Asylum with 232 notes

realityayslum:

Francesca Woodman - White Socks, Providence, Rhode Island, 1976.
( … from the book Francesca Woodman, edited by Corey Keller, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2011.)

realityayslum:

Francesca Woodman - White Socks, Providence, Rhode Island, 1976.

( … from the book Francesca Woodman, edited by Corey Keller, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2011.)

Tagged: francesca woodmanphotographynudewhite socks1970sflowers

Source: realityayslum