Remembering Anna May Wong on her birthday π
π· Edward Steichen
Vanity Fair, April 1931
"Wongβs career contested, accommodated, and, most importantly, denaturalized various forms of orientalism."
- Shirley Jennifer Lim
Anna May Wong by Paul Tanqueray
vintage bromide print, 1929 @NPGLondon
Anna May Wong by Otto Dyar, 1931
Anna May Wong by Francis Goodman, 1933
"She was an intelligent, business-savvy self-advocate who was very vocal about her displeasure with type-casting, & did everything she could to expand her career."
- Nathan Liu
Anna May Wong by Paul Tanqueray
whole-plate glass negative, 1933 @NPGLondon
One of my favourite Anna May Wong portraits.
This 1938 shot of Anna May Wong by George Hurrell wouldn't have been sent off to Photoplay or Movie Mirror. Another wonderful portrait.
Otto Dyar photographing Anna May Wong in 1932. That was the year she made Shanghai Express at Paramount with Marlene Dietrich.
Marlene Dietrich, Anna May Wong & Leni Riefenstahl at a Berlin ball
π· Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1935
Another Alfred Eisenstaedt shot of Marlene Dietrich, Anna May Wong, Leni Riefenstahl in Berlin, 1935
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Celebrate the Richard Avedon Centennial ππ―
π· Irving Penn, Vogue, August 23, 1993
"He was small, dark & electric with his own sort of vitality. Crackling. Sparks seem to fly out of him. He flashes his fingers like tiny rapid moths."
- Ginette Spanier
On Richard Avedon's Centennial, my favourite portraits
Carson McCullers & Tennessee Williams, April 25, 1950 #Avedon100
On Richard Avedon's Centennial, my favourite portraits
Buster Keaton, 1952 #Avedon100
I'm listening to Concerto Italiano play Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, in their 2005 recording under Rinaldo Alessandrini.
I've always loved the cover photo; it's by Julia Fullerton-Batten. I'll start a thread of some of my favourites of her photos here. π§΅
Julia Fullerton-Batten
The Lady of Shalott, 2018
... which is, of course, a reinterpretation of John Waterhouse's 1888 painting of Lord Tennyson's poem.
Happy birthday Sofia Coppola π
π· Kate Barry
"Coppola is a true auteur β a filmmaker with a distinct worldview and sensibility and a personal set of quasi-autobiographical interests."
- J. Hoberman
Sofia with her dad on the set of Godfather 2
π· Steve Schapiro, 1974
The Coppola family by Ted Streshinsky, 1974
Eleanor & Francis Ford Coppola with their kids Sofia, Roman & Gian-Carlo
Celebrate the Red Garland Centennial ππ―
π· Bill Spilka, c. 1957
"Garland's style was understated and harmonically sophisticated; he would delineate a melody, then shade it with distinctively voiced block chords and hints of counterpoint."
- Jon Pareles #RedGarland100
Esmond Edwards' great album cover for Red Garland's "Red in Bluesville", from 1959. Edwards took the photo, & designed the album as well.
Remembering Bea Arthur on her birthday π
π· Martin Mills, 1972
"Those of us working with her knew we were working with a golden comedic touch." - Norman Lear
Beatrice Arthur with Bill Callaway & Carl Ballantine in Bruce Jay Friedman & Richard Adler's musical A Mother's Kisses
π· Jack Mitchell, 1968
Angela Lansbury & Beatrice Arthur in Mame
π· Friedman-Abeles, 1966
Arthur won the Best Featured Actress in a Musical Tony for her performance. She was Beatrice on the stage & Bea on TV.
John Lennon & George Martin listen to playback, in a photo by Frank Hermann from 1967.
Here's a #playback thread π§΅
I love the staring-into-space looks of the musicians, producers & engineers.
Gregor Piatigorsky listening to #playback of his Brahms sonatas
π· W. Eugene Smith, 1947
Bruno Walter listening to playback at Columbia Studios
π· Dennis Stock, 1959