when the clown comes to town

The Green Man Parade 1893

photographic thursday :: vintage history images

Many times the older images I stumble upon across the worldwideweb are anonymous or dragged out of the crevices.  The first image is unknown but I placed it there to show the absolute fluidity of the image.  The second is also unknown and striking for what seems a costume.  Third is Clara Tice 1908, Isadora Duncan 1899, and Gertrud Arndt wraps up this post of images which blink my eyes in history.  These are real people with real stories and surreal moments captured by what we now call vintage photography... or are they real at all?

photographic thursday :: retroatelier

RetroAtelier
"Creativity of the photographic institution, Retroatelier, is 
inspired by the aesthetics of the past.  The styles of bygone days, 
vintage photographs, painting, cinematography and our love for 
these kinds of art made the work — we moved from dreams 
to actions.  On the pages of this site we bring to your attention the 
products of our creativity starting from the early period of our first 
steps and to the accumulation of our experiences.."

The Manifesto is quite intriguing as well.

abeceda

Abeceda
written by Vitĕzslav Nezval
Karel Teige (1900-51)
Czechoslovakia 1923
Letterpress on paper 30.5 x 47cm
Abeceda Antiquariat, Munich

The book Abeceda (Alphabet) is a composite of experimental 
poetry, modern dance, graphic design and photomontaged typography.
Based on a poem by Vitĕzslav Nezval in the order of the letters of the 
Latin alphabet. Each double page features a set of quatrains facing a 
sometimes abstracted letter composed of typographic elements and a 
photograph of the dancer Milca Mayerova.  He was not trying to 
illustrate the words through images or typography, but instead to foster 
a similarly poetic dialogue between text and images. The entire project
explored the relationships between verbal and visual art, industrial 
technology and mass media in a new way.

photographic thursday :: luminous-lint

Anon.
[The Queen of Hearts]
1905-1915 (ca)
Real photo postcard
Private collection of Brian Smolens


Melander (Chicago)
45 - The Haunted Lane
n.d.
Stereocard, half
Private collection of Kevin Yee


Weegee
Empire State Building Distortion
1955
Silver print
6 3/4 x 5 1/4 ins (17.1 x 13.3 cm)
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction Oct 21, 2008, Lot 208)


Nickolas Muray
Hubert Julian Stowitts
1927 (ca)
George Eastman House: International Museum of Photography and Film
© Nickolas Muray Photo Archives
Courtesy of George Eastman House
Gift of Mrs. Nickolas Muray (71:0035:0044)

Luminous-Lint
A resource for collectors and connoisseurs of Fine Photography.
It is assisted by a vast community of experts and enthusiasts
around the world and is a rich resource for all those that love historic,
vintage and contemporary photography.

vintage images for the eye

costume and vintage space people

horst and his classic photography

Vogue Cover - Horst




Dalis Costumes - Horst

charles gates sheldon