My Dad.

May 29, 2016 § 1 Comment

Remembering my dad this Memorial Day weekend.
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Arthur L. Benjamin, who covered four presidential conferences, Casablanca, Cairo, Teheran, Yalta, and Bitter Lakes as a photographer for Stars and Stripes, WWII.

…and told us he had enough experience in those four years to last a lifetime.

The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Spare.

May 28, 2016 § 3 Comments

This is an old photo I found that I took with a phone – pre iPhone days.  I wish the quality was better, but I think it still expresses the sentiment behind this weeks Weekly Photo Challenge Spare.

Central Park.

Central Park.

Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology.

May 28, 2016 § 2 Comments

Manus x Machina At The Met.

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Iris van Herpen (Dutch, born 1984)

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Ballerina Moira Shearer

May 26, 2016 § 1 Comment

Ballerina Moira Shearer

Ballerina Moira Shearer, Source: In Vogue 75 Years.

Mina Loy|1882 -1966.

May 25, 2016 § Leave a comment

Djuna Barnes and Mina Loy, 1927.

Mina Loy and Djuna Barnes, 1927.

Colored pencil sketch of women’s fashions, Mina Loy.

Michael Sporn Animator.

May 24, 2016 § 1 Comment

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Michael Sporn ~Wikipedia

Alberto Vargas Pin Up Artist

May 23, 2016 § Leave a comment

Alberto Vargas Pin Up Artist.

A severely damaged Ziegfield poster, circa 1920 with the lower portion preserved.

A severely damaged Ziegfield poster, circa 1920 with lower portion preserved.Source: Vargas, Alberto Vargas and Reid Austin Bell Publishing Company

Source: Vargas, Alberto Vargas and Reid Austin Bell Publishing Company

Follow Me On Instagram.

May 23, 2016 § 2 Comments

I’m a little late to the party, but finally started using my Instagram account. Please follow me by clicking the instagram logo below.InstagramLogo-730x278

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SX-70 (POLAROID)

In 1972 the Polaroid Corporation commissioned the Eames Office to produce a film introducing the new and revolutionary SX-70 instant-photography camera developed by Edwin Land.

Sunday At The NYBG.

May 22, 2016 § Leave a comment

The New York Botanical Gardens.

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The Sixties Look.

May 21, 2016 § Leave a comment

Still relevant.The Sixtie's Look005

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Source: IN VOGUE, 75 YEARS OF STYLE, Georgina Howell Condé Nast Books

 

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