Another thread of a favourite photographer: Life magazine's Carl Mydans π§΅
Here with his Contax camera in a great shot by his colleague Andreas Feininger, 1942
Vladimir Nabokov by Carl Mydans
Ithaca, New York, September 1958
Herman Wouk by Carl Mydans
Times Square, 1962
Joe DiMaggio by Carl Mydans, 1939
Joltin' Joe hit .381 that year; his on-base percentage was .448
Gertrude Stein & Alice B. Toklas with their poodle Basket
π· Carl Mydans, 1944
S. J. Perelman by Carl Mydans, 1961
"Before they made Perelman, they broke the mold."
I went looking for the source of this quote, & of course he said it about himself.
Carl Mydans
A migrant worker & his two children, Raymondville, Texas, 1937
Bobby Fischer by Carl Mydans, 1962
General MacArthur coming ashore at Lingayen Gulf in the Philippines, 1945
Probably the most famous of all the pictures taken by Life's Carl Mydans.
Carl Mydans' portrait of Alfred Eisenstaedt with his Rolleiflex, from 1944
... and Alfred returned the favour: Carl Mydans with his Contax, by Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1944
William Faulkner by Carl Mydans, 1962
Indira Gandhi by Carl Mydans
New York, 1956
Another superb portrait of Bobby Fischer by Carl Mydans, 1962
Carl Mydans
JFK & Caroline go for a walk in Georgetown, 1960
Another famous photograph by Carl Mydans, following JFK's assassination, November 1963
Muriel Spark by Carl Mydans, 1965
Philip Roth with his first wife Maggie Martinson
π· Carl Mydans, 1962
A great shot of London in the fog by Carl Mydans, 1952
Ezra Pound by Carl Mydans, 1940
According to the Life caption, he's "composing profacist commentaries on stationary emblazoned with Mussolini's motto 'Liberty is a Duty, Not a Right'."
Carl & Shelley Mydans by Nina Leen
Photographer Carl & journalist Shelley were the first husband & wife team to work for Life magazine. They were were interned by the Japanese for a year in Manila, then for another year in Shanghai, before a prison-of-war exchange in 1943.
John O'Hara by Carl Mydans
The Nabokovs at work: Vladimir dictates & Vera types
π· Carl Mydans, 1958
James Baldwin by Carl Mydans, 1962
Grace Kelly on the set of High Noon
π· Carl Mydans, 1951
I missed this portrait when I did Grace Kelly's birthday thread yesterday.
Leonard Bernstein by Carl Mydans, 1959
This was taken during a New York Philharmonic concert in Moscow
Carl Mydans
Tsingtao, 1948
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A thread of photos by Ralph Morse, another great Life magazine photographer. π§΅
Stickball in Spanish Harlem, 1947
Ralph Morse
Audrey Hepburn with her Best Actress #Oscar, for Roman Holiday, March 1955
A French resistance fighter takes aim at a German sniper attacking a crowd during a tour by Charles De Gaulle, following the liberation of Paris.
A spectacular photo by Ralph Morse for Life magazine, August 1944
Remembering William Steig on his birthday π
π· Jill Krementz, 1973
"The Erotic has always been implicit in Steig's work. Like Picasso, Steig celebrates the body both in ripeness and decay."
- Brendan Gill, Here at the New Yorker
William Steig
September 23, 1985
A great @NewYorker cover on William Steig's birthday. Well-timed, as I'm keeping an eye on a bunch of NFL games this afternoon. Go @Lions!
William Steig
December 31, 1955
One of my favourites: a Top 10 @NewYorker cartoon
Remembering Veronica Lake on her birthday π
She was so good in Preston Sturges' Sullivan's Travels, 1941.
I was absurdly pleased to find out this outfit was designed by Edith Head, who did the costumes for the film. Great shot by Talmadge Morrison, the on set still photographer
A lovely shot by Talmadge Morrison of Joel McCrea & Veronica Lake, in Preston Sturges's Sullivan's Travels, 1941
It must have been a relief for Edith Head to move on to this scene.
Veronica Lake by George Hurrell, 1941
Glamour is one thing, but look at Lake's eyes in this shot. Hurrell is searching for character here, & finding it.
Remembering Louise Brooks on her birthday π
π· Eugene Robert Richee, 1923
"Brooks is a flame fluttering in the wind of her own breath."
- David Thomson
Louise Brooks by Eugene Robert Richee, 1928
"The only star actress I can imagine either being enslaved by or wanting to enslave; and a dark lady worthy of any poet's devotion."
- Kenneth Tynan
A spectacular portrait of Louise Brooks by Eugene Robert Richee, 1928
Herbert Mitgang notes in his 1985 @NYTimes obituary:
"She told Mr. Tynan that she had never been in love, was supported at various times by several millionaires, but declined to marry them."
Remembering Aaron Copland on his birthday π
π· Irving Penn, 1979
"He has never turned out bad work, nor worked without an inspiration. His stance is that not only of a professional but also of an artist - responsible, prepared, giving of his best."
- Virgil Thomson
An undated portrait of Aaron Copland by the composer David Diamond, who was a fine photographer.
"By having sold out to the mongrel commercialists half-way already, the danger is going to be wider for you, and I beg you dear Aaron, don't sell out entirely yet."
Aaron Copland by George Platt Lynes (undated) @BeineckeLibrary
"The composer who is frightened of losing his artistic integrity through contact with a mass audience is no longer aware of the meaning of the word art."