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Flying Away…
Well, I haven’t been posting so much lately that you’d notice, perhaps, but I’ll be away for an extended visit in India over the next weeks….So Happy New Year! I hope that 2013 is magical for you. These beautiful antique…
Every Leaf and Petal
Swooning this morning over images from Andrew Zuckerman’s photography book Flower, showcasing his masterful minimalistic images of exotic and not so exotic blooms. He pictures are as lush as those of Robert Mapplethorpe or Georgia O’Keefe, though he arranges his shots…
Last Days
If I had a movie theater I’d happily go broke showing films like “The Last Days of Pompeii” ( or “Gli Ultimi Giorni Di Pompei”) a 1926 silent movie with hand colored frames that recently had its first US showing…
A Brilliant but Confused Impression of Bright Plumage
Today, just a little pictorial ode to Jules Léotard (1830-1870) who, after performing to great success at the Cirque Napoléon in 1859, ditched his law career to become, the “Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze,” as celebrated by the…
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