Tag Archives: Lisette Model

Bundle Up in Hat and Gloves

Posted on January 25, 2013 by

Let’s face it–it’s cold out there… But you can still stay fashionable in a debonair hat. Lisette Model, Pedestrian, New York, ca. 1945 (31.1993) Even silent-film star Gloria Swanson knows how to keep warm in the New York City cold. … Continue reading →

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“Darling, the legs aren’t so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.”

Posted on December 4, 2012 by

Hennig & Manko, [Legs], ca. 1950 (2012.67.1) Wendy Ewald, Elvert’s sister’s legs, 1982 (3792.1992) Hans Bellmer, La Poupée, 1935 (205.1987) Lisette Model, Reflection, New York, 1940 (122.1993) Weegee, [Three-legged woman at bar], 1950s (6561.1993)

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[Groups of men dressed in women's clothing, 1940s and 50s]

Posted on May 22, 2012 by

Lisette Model, Albert-Alberta, New York, 1940 Mickey Pallas, Female Impersonator Applying Make-Up, 1955 Mickey Pallas, Female Impersonator’s Grand Entrance, Chicago, 1955 Weegee, “Johnnie” Carbonele 2nd Prize Winner, ca. 1948 Bill Wood, [Group of men, dressed in women's clothing], 1950s

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Catching a Glimpse through the Glass

Posted on May 4, 2012 by

Gilles Peress, Belfast City Center, 1972 Paul Caponigro, Frosted Window No. Two, Ipswich, Mass., 1961 Lisette Model, Reflection, New York, 1950 Aleksandras Macijauskas, In the Veterinary Clinic – 1, 1977 Martin Munkacsi, [Woman reflected in car ornament], 1937 Oh, Kitty! … Continue reading →

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To Hold, Comb & Clip

Posted on March 27, 2012 by

Lisette Model, Rome, 1966 Graciela Iturbide, Girl with Comb, 1979 Richard Avedon, Model Lauren Hutton in a variation on the traditional Japanese Samurai hair fashion the chonmage, 1969

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Join the Circus

Posted on November 3, 2010 by

Margaret Bourke-White, At the Circus, ca. 1931 Lisette Model, Circus, New York, 1945 Weegee, [Circus acrobat Josephine Barricini distortion], 1950s The modern circus began at the end of the eighteenth century, primarily as an equestrian event, but rope dancers, jugglers, … Continue reading →

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It’s Too Darn Hot

Posted on July 6, 2010 by

Garry Winogrand, Woman sunbathing beside the pool, seen from above, 1975,  from Women are Beautiful, 1981 Tod Papageorge, Man in Grass, 1981 Martin Munkácsi, [Woman sunbathing], 1935 Lisette Model, Coney Island Bather, Reclining, ca. 1939–41 Henri Cartier-Bresson, Dieppe, France, 1926 … Continue reading →

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Women of the Photo League

Posted on May 1, 2009 by

Berenice Abbott, Church of God, December 8, 1936 Vivian Cherry, Game of Lynching IV, 1948 Helen Levitt, New York, July 1939 Sandra Weiner, [Boy in chair on sidewalk], 1940s Lisette Model, At Sammy’s, New York, 1940 Lee Sievan, Third Avenue … Continue reading →

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Let’s Eat! A kernel of truth…

Posted on December 10, 2008 by

Ruzzie Green, [Advertisement: Tippi Hedren]. ca. 1940 Lisette Model, Gallagher’s People, 1945 David “Chim” Seymour, Loyalist pilots from a Republican airbase resting near their Moscas plane, Spain, 1936 Robert Capa, [Women eating and drinking on a stone bench, Lisieux, France], … Continue reading →

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