Paris 1900

Ancient Paris, Exposition Universelle,

Paris, 1900

Photochrom print

(Library of Congress)

Picasso

Pablo Picasso in his studio

Paris, September 1944

Photo: Robert Capa

Alfred Jarry

Portrait of Alfred Jarry in 1896

Unknown photographer

King Ubu

Theatre on the Balustrade,

King Ubu (by playwright Alfred Jarry).

Prague 1964

Photo: Josef Koudelka

Endurance

Sir Ernest Shackleton and his crew sailed to the

Antarctic on the Endurance in 1914,

but when they arrived the ship became trapped in the thick ice.

Photo: Frank Hurley

Madonna

Madonna, Tokyo, 1987

Photo: Herb Ritts

Gelatin silver print

Hans Poelzig

The Architect, Hans Poelzig, 1929

Photo: August Sander

Gelatin silver print

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo in 1862

Photo: Edmond Bacot

Charles Baudelaire

Charles Baudelaire, 1855

Photo: Nadar

Patti Smith

Patti Smith, 1976

Photo: Robert Mapplethorpe

Robert Mapplethorpe

Robert Mapplethorpe in 1969

Photo: Leee Black Childers /Redferns

The Fall of the Rebel Angels

The Fall of the Rebel Angels, 1562 (detail)

by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Painted on oak Panel

Philip Stanhope Worsley

Philip Stanhope Worsley, 1866

Photo: Julia Margaret Cameron

Albumen silver print from glass negative

Taxi

Taxi

New York, 1949

Photo: Ted Croner

Railway Posters

We Shall Not Fail, 1943

Poster Art by Leslie Ragan

New York Central System,1946

Poster Art by Leslie Ragan

Gloria Swanson

Actress Gloria Swanson, 1924

Photo: Edward Steichen

Gelatin silver print

Portrait of a Child

Unknown little girl sitting on a striped cushion

holding a framed portrait of a man,possibly her dead father, 1847-60.

Photo: Ross and Thomson of Edinburgh

Ninth-plate daguerreotype

Cuneiform Tablets

Cuneiform Tablets,

Mesopotamian, 2700-2500 BC

Unbaked clay

Kumbh Mela

Early Morning at the Kumbh Mela,

Allahabad, India, 1989

Photo: Don McCullin

Luncheon on the Grass

Luncheon on the Grass, 1863

by Édouard Manet

Oil on canvas

Édouard Manet

Portrait of Édouard Manet, 1874

Photo: Paul Nadar

Children's Portrait

Portrait group of four unidentified children, 1860's-1870's

Photograph: Marcus Guttenberg of Bristol

Car crash

Car crash, ca.1939

Photo: Weegee

(Due to computer problems I didn't post

anything last week. As you can see all problems 

are now solved. Enjoy.)