Friday, November 25, 2011

Steven, Noe Valley

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Steven at home in Noe Valley, 1978.

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

You have been warned

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The 2012 Republican National Convention will be held in Tampa, Florida, starting on August 27, 2012.

(Luna Park, Melbourne, Australia, photographer unknown)

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Thursday, November 17, 2011

Good looks

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Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun: Self-portrait in a straw hat (1782)

When I see this painting I can't help remembering something I read of Thomas Mann, that when he was in a Swiss hospital during a final illness, a pretty nurse came in to look after him, and he remarked later what a joyful thing it is to encounter a good-looking human being.

Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun had similar thoughts and wrote them down. Her memoirs have been translated and can be read online.




Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Pieter Warnar's bookstore in Amsterdam

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Johannes Jelgerhuis (1770-1836): De Winkel van Boekhandelaar Pieter Meijer Warnars op de Vijgendam te Amsterdam


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Monday, November 14, 2011

Jonathan on the back steps, No. 2

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Jonathan James on the backsteps, San Francisco, 1978


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Sunday, November 13, 2011

Jonathan on the back steps, No. 1

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Jonathan James on the backsteps, San Francisco, 1978

Jonathan was the victim of some experiments I was doing with fog filters. We first encountered each other in the Safeway at Church and Market in the early 70's. He was wearing bell-bottom blues and his hair was half-way down his back.

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Friday, November 11, 2011