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Light Traveler, Miami, FL — Edward Yanowitz, 1998

Light Traveler, Miami, FL — Edward Yanowitz, 1998



November 07, 2009, 10:34pm

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kvetchlandia: Lee Miller     Piano by Broadwood, London     1940 London during the blitz.

kvetchlandia:

Lee Miller     Piano by Broadwood, London     1940

London during the blitz.



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November 07, 2009, 10:17pm

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kvetchlandia: Lee Miller as the Statue in Jean Cocteau’s surrealist film, “The Blood of a Poet,”     1930

kvetchlandia:

Lee Miller as the Statue in Jean Cocteau’s surrealist film, “The Blood of a Poet,”     1930



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November 07, 2009, 10:16pm

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On Armstrong St, Nassau, Bahamas — Edward Yanowitz, 1968

On Armstrong St, Nassau, Bahamas — Edward Yanowitz, 1968



November 07, 2009, 10:11pm

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Woman Crossing, NYC — George Zimbel, 2006

Woman Crossing, NYC — George Zimbel, 2006



November 07, 2009, 7:30pm

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La Rue Grossman, NYC — George Zimbel, 2006

La Rue Grossman, NYC — George Zimbel, 2006



November 07, 2009, 7:00pm

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Collector and Schlepper NYC — George Zimbel, 2006 OK, I just had to post this because “schlepper” is in the title.

Collector and Schlepper NYC — George Zimbel, 2006

OK, I just had to post this because “schlepper” is in the title.



November 07, 2009, 6:30pm

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Be a Good Neighbor - Bed Stuyvesant — George Zimbel, 1968

Be a Good Neighbor - Bed Stuyvesant — George Zimbel, 1968



November 07, 2009, 6:00pm

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kvetchlandia: Colette, in a publicity photo from “Rêve d’Égypte,” at the Moulin Rouge     1907 Colette on dance, and on how she felt as a dancer, from “The Vagabond,” 1911 “I dance and dance. A beautiful serpent coils itself along the Persian carpet, an Egyptian amphora tilts forward, pouring forth a cascade of perfumed hair, a blue and stormy cloud rises and floats away, a feline beast springs forwards, then recoils, a sphinx, the colour of pale sand, reclines at full length, propped on its elbows with hollowed back and straining breasts. I have recovered myself and forget nothing. Do these people really exist, I ask myself? No, they don’t. The only real things are dancing, light, freedom, and music. Nothing is real except making rhythm of one’s thought and translating it into beautiful gestures. Is not the mere swaying of my back, free from any constraint, an insult to those bodies cramped by their long corsets, and enfeebled by a fashion which insists that they should be thin?”

kvetchlandia:

Colette, in a publicity photo from “Rêve d’Égypte,” at the Moulin Rouge     1907

Colette on dance, and on how she felt as a dancer, from “The Vagabond,” 1911

“I dance and dance. A beautiful serpent coils itself along the Persian carpet, an Egyptian amphora tilts forward, pouring forth a cascade of perfumed hair, a blue and stormy cloud rises and floats away, a feline beast springs forwards, then recoils, a sphinx, the colour of pale sand, reclines at full length, propped on its elbows with hollowed back and straining breasts. I have recovered myself and forget nothing.

Do these people really exist, I ask myself? No, they don’t. The only real things are dancing, light, freedom, and music. Nothing is real except making rhythm of one’s thought and translating it into beautiful gestures. Is not the mere swaying of my back, free from any constraint, an insult to those bodies cramped by their long corsets, and enfeebled by a fashion which insists that they should be thin?”



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November 07, 2009, 5:59pm

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Boy & Gun, Bronx, NY — George Zimbel, 1960s Kindly note the pup in the background.

Boy & Gun, Bronx, NY — George Zimbel, 1960s

Kindly note the pup in the background.



November 07, 2009, 5:30pm