Photo by Edwin Locke, for the Farm Security Administration, public domain November 3, 1903: Walker Evans: "Stare. It is the way to educate your eye, and more. Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long." Walker Evans is one of the most … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Cinematographer, Néstor Almendros
On the set of Days Of Heaven, via YouTube November 1, 1930 - Néstor Almendros: "I believe that what is functional is beautiful, that functional light is beautiful light. I try to make sure that my light is logical rather than aesthetic." Some people may have been … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Photographer, Herbert List
Self-Portrait via YouTube screen-grab October 8, 1903 – Herbert List: “The pictures I took spontaneously, with a bliss-like sensation, as if they had long inhabited my unconscious, were often more powerful than those I had painstakingly composed. I grasped their magic as in … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: 1960s Icon, Twiggy
Photo, 1967, via YouTube September 19, 1949- Dame Lesley Lawson: The sixties were a time when ordinary people could do extraordinary things! I love her. I thought she was groovy in the 1960s. I dig her now. I've seen her sing and dance on stage and she is the real deal. … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor, Roddy McDowall
The Adventures Of Bullwhip Griffin (1967), Disney Via YouTube September 17, 1928– Roddy McDowall: "A Good Bad Movie, You Must Admit, Is Great." I twice encountered Roddy McDowall. The first time was at the 50th Anniversary of MGM Gala at the Beverley Wilshire Hotel in … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Photographer, Jack Mitchell
Via YouTube September 13, 1925 - Jack Mitchell: “Always ask for more and sometimes you’ll get it.” His photographic portfolio of actors, writers, painters, musicians, and especially dancers remain a truly great pictorial history late 20th century performing arts. His … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Photographer, Herb Ritts
August 13, 1952– Herb Ritts: "I think knowing people by first names, not by what they do sexually, is really what it's about. Not being afraid. Fear is the enemy. I've always been comfortable with being gay." Herb Ritts is one of my favorite contemporary photographers. … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Photographer, Edgar de Evia
Photo via Wikimedia Commons July 30, 1910 -Edgar de Evia He was born in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. His mother was Pauline Joutard, a French concert pianist who performed under the stage name Miirrha Alhambra. His father was Domingo Fernando Evia y Barbachano, a wealthy … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Artist, Thomas Eakins
Self-Portrait, 1902, National Academy Museum, NY, public domain July 25, 1844– Thomas Cowperthaite Eakins: "I have never discovered that the nude could be studied in any way except the way I have adopted. All the muscles must be pointed out. To do this all the drapery … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Photographer, Berenice Abbott
Berenice Abbott by Hank O'Neal, 1979 July 17, 1898– Berenice Abbott: "Photography can only represent the present. Once photographed, the subject becomes part of the past." I have a passion for Photography, whether it is formal portraiture, ads or commercial work, … [Read more...]
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