Inspiration Fridays: Vintage Photographs

Lillian Russell, by Falk, NY

Ruth Page dancing the title role in The Birthday of the Infanta, a ballet-pantomime based on the short story by Oscar Wilde  (c.1920)

Dorothy Lamour, 1930s

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 Actress Joan Bennett (1910-1990)

 Unknown (but check out that garter!!)

 Actress Mitzi Gaynor (b. 1931)

 Unknown, yet devastatingly romantic

 Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh in the Old Vic production of Hamlet.  Kronborg Castle, Elsinore, Denmark.  1937

 Sergei Rachmaninoff’s hands

 Actress Paulette Goddard

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I feel really bad about having so many uncredited pictures in this post... if anyone knows any of the photographers/ subjects, please let me know!

But, these photos inspire me so much.  They are so refined, so passionate, so lovely... everything I want to be.  Everything I want my art to reflect.

I can only aspire to this.

Decor

Since I've been doing some shots of decorations in peoples' houses lately, here are some things from my parents' house! 

West Grove, Pennsylvania, USA

Photobook

A book of old photos from Japan on display in the British Museum. 

I want to own each one of them individually and plaster them all over my walls.  

London, England, UK

Like this?  Try out Display.

The Windmills in my Mind

Windmill House

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

And two quick updates.

First off... I finally got 400 page hits.  Yay!  A bit lame for having the blog for three monthes, but I didn't update for a month, so really I should stop complaining.

Also, this thing suddenly appeared (I probably accidentally changed a setting or something) where you can vote whether you think my post (photograph) is cool, interesting, or funny.  Have a nice time with that.

Thanks!