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Ilse Bing

Fountain at Rond Point, Paris

1934

Source: realityayslum

    • #Ilse Bing
    • #Photography
    • #Paris
    • #Fountain
    • #1930s
    • #Solarization
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… a very young Andre de Dienes 
Paris, 1936.
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… a very young Andre de Dienes

Paris, 1936.

    • #Andre de Dienes
    • #Photography
    • #Paris
    • #Fog
    • #Trees
    • #Shadow
    • #Light
    • #1930s
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Janine Niepce - Le chat de la concierge, Rue de Tournon, Paris, 1956.
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Janine Niepce - Le chat de la concierge, Rue de Tournon, Paris, 1956.

    • #Janine Niepce
    • #Photography
    • #Cat
    • #Paris
    • #France
    • #1950s
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Man Ray - Rayograph, c1922-25.
… via the Edwynn Houk Gallery
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Man Ray - Rayograph, c1922-25.

… via the Edwynn Houk Gallery

    • #Man Ray
    • #Photography
    • #Rayograph
    • #1920s
    • #Paris
    • #Surrealism
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André Kertész - Boulevard des Invalides, Paris, 1926.
… via the Bruce Silverstein Gallery
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André Kertész - Boulevard des Invalides, Paris, 1926.

… via the Bruce Silverstein Gallery

    • #André Kertész
    • #Andre Kertesz
    • #Photography
    • #Paris
    • #1920s
    • #Perspective
    • #Boulevard des Invalides
  • 4 months ago
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Biederer photogravure, c1930s.
… via chambreclose (ebay)
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Biederer photogravure, c1930s.

… via chambreclose (ebay)

    • #Jacques Biederer
    • #Biederer
    • #Photography
    • #Photogravure
    • #Nude
    • #Paris
    • #1930s
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Helmut Newton - Fashion photograph, Paris, 1976.
… via dream galerie (ebay)
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Helmut Newton - Fashion photograph, Paris, 1976.

… via dream galerie (ebay)

    • #Helmut Newton
    • #Photography
    • #Fashion
    • #Stockings
    • #Shoes
    • #Statue
    • #1970s
    • #Paris
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André Kertész - Distortion n° 61. Paris, 1933.
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André Kertész - Distortion n° 61. Paris, 1933.

    • #André Kertész
    • #Andre Kertesz
    • #Photography
    • #Distortion
    • #Nude
    • #Paris
    • #1930s
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M. Luizard - Garçonnet habillé en soldat, usine électrique d’Ivry-sur-Seine, c1915.
… via le Musée de l’Armée
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M. Luizard - Garçonnet habillé en soldat, usine électrique d’Ivry-sur-Seine, c1915.

… via le Musée de l’Armée

    • #M. Luizard
    • #Photography
    • #Children
    • #WWI
    • #Paris
    • #1910s
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Marcel Bovis - Rue de nuit, 1927. From the series Paris de nuit.
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Marcel Bovis - Rue de nuit, 1927. From the series Paris de nuit.

    • #Marcel Bovis
    • #Photography
    • #Paris
    • #Shadow
    • #Chiaroscuro
    • #1920s
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Christer Strömholm - Paris, 1949.
… via Agence VU
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Christer Strömholm - Paris, 1949.

… via Agence VU

    • #Christer Strömholm
    • #Christer Stromholm
    • #Photography
    • #Surreal
    • #Paris
    • #1940s
    • #Cemetery
    • #Grave
    • #Gravestone
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Man Ray - Mise en scène costumée avec Marie-Laure de Noailles,1930.
… looks to be from the Bal Blanc, Hôtel du comte et de la comtesse Pecci-Blunt, Paris … thnx to Oh!so30s
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Man Ray - Mise en scène costumée avec Marie-Laure de Noailles,1930.

… looks to be from the Bal Blanc, Hôtel du comte et de la comtesse Pecci-Blunt, Paris … thnx to Oh!so30s

    • #Man Ray
    • #Marie-Laure de Noailles
    • #Bal Blanc
    • #White Party
    • #Patron of the Arts
    • #1930s
    • #Paris
    • #Costume
    • #Pecci-Blunt
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 … thanks to : vsw & themercurialsea

Nina Payne by Studio Manasse, c1920s.

Modern Dancer of Ancient Themes

from the  Soibelman Syndicate News Agency Collection

www.vsw.org

(via )

Source: vsw

    • #1920s
    • #Dance
    • #Folies Bergere
    • #Folies Bergère
    • #Nina Payne
    • #Olga and Adorian Wlassies
    • #Paris
    • #Studio Manasse
    • #Vienna
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Brassai - The wall of the Sante Prison. Boulevard Arago, c1932. It was here that executions took place in 1939.
… from Brassai: The Secret Paris of the 30’s,Pantheon Books, New York, 1976.
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Brassai - The wall of the Sante Prison. Boulevard Arago, c1932. It was here that executions took place in 1939.

… from Brassai: The Secret Paris of the 30’s,Pantheon Books, New York, 1976.

    • #1930s
    • #Brasai
    • #Gyula Halasz
    • #Paris
    • #Photography
    • #Sante Prison
    • #Scan
    • #Shadow
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Brassai - ‘The Rainbow’ at Folies-Bergere,1932.
… from Brassai: The Secret Paris of the 30’s, Pantheon Books, New York, 1976.
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Brassai - ‘The Rainbow’ at Folies-Bergere,1932.

… from Brassai: The Secret Paris of the 30’s, Pantheon Books, New York, 1976.

    • #Brassai
    • #Gyula Halasz
    • #Photography
    • #Folies Bergere
    • #Paris
    • #1930s
    • #Dance
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