Birmingham Botanical Garden

Photos taken using the iPhone 5S.

Downtown Birmingham, Alabama

Photos taken using a iPhone 5S.

U.S. Space & Rocket Center

Huntsville, AL

Photos taken with the iPhone 5S.

Holly Morningstar

Art Appreciation

I don't recall how I came across Holly Morningstar. However, her painting titled Fly from Here caught my attention more due to the use of butterflies.

The freelance artist and illustrator is known for her surreal images that has a Sci-Fi, steampunk or fantasy theme.

You can see more of her works HERE.

Fly from Here via archaicsmiles

These Hands Could be Fins via tribaltattoos

The Birth of Passion via ebsqart

Sources:

http://www.archaicsmiles.com/
https://twitter.com/archaicsmiles
https://www.patreon.com/archaicsmiles?pat=1
https://www.pinterest.com/archaicsmiles/
http://www.artsicle.com/Holly-Morningstar
http://archaicsmiles.deviantart.com/
http://huntsvilleartleague.org/holly-morningstar/

WT reports on #LoveWins

via What's Trending

Jerry Schatzberg

Photography Appreciation

I came across a picture of The Rolling Stones dressed in drag. Mick Jagger more passable as a woman, Ron Wood looking stern like a strict nanny, and Charlie Watts sitting on a wheelchair with his legs tangled. The photograph was taken by Jerry Schatzberg for one of The Rolling Stones' album covers.

Schatzberg is a fashion photographer and film director known for taking images of rock stars and actors such as Bob Dylan, Edie Sedgwick, and Faye Dunaway.

You can see more of his beautiful images HERE.

The Rolling Stones via silvervelvetsky

Bob Dylan via giancinephile

Faye Dunaway via kinoimages

Sources:

http://www.jerryschatzberg.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Schatzberg
http://barbarabalkin.blogspot.com/2010_10_01_archive.html
https://pleasurephoto.wordpress.com/tag/jerry-schatzberg/
https://pleasurephotoroom.wordpress.com/tag/jerry-schatzberg/
https://silvervelvetsky.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/jerry-schatzberg/

"More human than human"

Film Appreciation

Blade Runner was released in movie theaters on June 25, 1982. Directed by Ridley Scott, the sci-fi cult classic takes place in the year 2019, where a special police operative, played by Harrison Ford, hunts out genetically engineered replicants hiding in Los Angeles.



via ForeverCinematicTrailers


Source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Blade_Runner

"Where does he get those wonderful toys?"

Film Appreciation

I was a thirteen year old boy siting in the movie theater waiting anxiously with my friends to watch Batman.

All I knew about "Batman" was from the 1960's TV series starring Adam West and Burt Ward, but the movie previews and TV commercials showed a way different "Batman" than what I was used to.

So, what was I expecting to watch?

The lights dimmed and the movie began.

The Tim Burton movie was dark and slightly uncomfortable, but Michael Keaton, aka Beetlejuice and Mr. Mom, brought reassurance that the movie would be fun.

Source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film)

The Girls of Summer

Florida (1950) by Nina Leen via caylaadams

"You're Gonna Need A Bigger Boat"

Film Appreciation

I wasn't born yet when this film was released, but I do remember watching JAWS on HBO when I was little. After watching it, it took me years (I mean, years) to finally go into the deep.




via UniversalMovies


Source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaws_(film)

Billy Joel - It's Still Rock and Roll to Me

Music Appreciation

Since I was very little, I was a big fan of Billy Joel. I remember watching his music videos on TBS Night Tracks. One such music video was It's Still Rock & Rock to Me, which was his #1 hit--the song spent 11 weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart.


  via BillyJoelVEVO



Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Still_Rock_and_Roll_to_Me
http://www.on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/music/jun20.htm
https://youtu.be/5eAQa4MOGkE

The Who - Join Together

Music Appreciation

This day in 1972, the British rock bank, The Who, released Join Together. Written by Pete Townshend, the song reached #17 on the US Billboard Hot 100.


via TheWhoVEVO


Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Join_Together_%28song%29
https://youtu.be/_HDMCCLlGl4

Lillian Bassman

Photography Appreciation

Lillian Bassman was an American fashion photographer known for her contributions to Harper's Bazaar magazine in the 1950s.

She later re-emerged and began to Photoshop her old negatives to create wonderful abstract photography using darkroom art techniques.

You can see more of her work HERE.

Barbara Mullen (Blowing Kiss), Harper's Bazaar (1950) via igetakickoutofyou

It's a Cinch Carmen, New York. Harper's Bazaar (1951) via igetakickoutofyou

Coiffure for Harpers Bazaar (1954) via pleasurephoto

Sources:

http://staleywise.com/collection/bassman/bassman_exhibition.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/14/arts/design/lillian-bassman-fashion-and-fine-art-photographer-dies-at-94.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

http://www.artnet.com/artists/lillian-bassman/

http://www.blogfundacionloewe.es/2014/06/lillian-bassman-pinceladas/

http://igetakickoutofyou.me/2012/07/27/how-can-you-look-so-naughty-and-feel-so-nice/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Bassman

Weegee

Photography Appreciation

Weegee, born Usher Fellig, was a photojournalist known for following the city's emergency services during the 1930s and '40s capturing images and then selling them to newspapers. To get his photographs the newspapers fast, Weegee had a complete darkroom in the trunk of his car.

You can see his many many images HERE.

Marilyn Monroe in Idlewild Airport arriving in NY to work 

on Seven Year Itch (1954) via jacindarussellart

Kiss via beautydelux

Bettie Page via dulltooldimbulb

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weegee
http://www.weegee.org/
http://www.icp.org/browse/archive/constituents/weegee?all/all/all/all/0
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0271460/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
http://emuseum.icp.org/view/people/asitem/id/171
http://www.wired.com/2009/06/weegee/
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/20/arts/design/20expl.html?_r=0
http://www.johnpaulcaponigro.com/blog/13052/20-quotes-by-photographer-weegee/
http://jacindarussellart.blogspot.com/2011/05/marilyn-monroe-david-c-nolan-part-2.html
https://fansinaflashbulb.wordpress.com/2014/09/29/enough-is-enough/
http://dulltooldimbulb.blogspot.com/2011/06/weegee-bettie-page-and-fbi-last.html#.VXCr3vlViko
http://erickimphotography.com/blog/2013/05/22/10-lessons-weegee-has-taught-me-about-street-photography/
http://beautydelux.com/?attachment_id=14207

Bordeaux, France

From the vault.

Quartier Saint - Eloi Bordeaux

St. Catherine, Bordeaux

circa 2000

Paradise, Hawaiian Style

Film Appreciation

On this day back in 1966, Elvis Presley starred in Paradise, Hawaiian Style. It was his third and final motion pictured he filmed in Hawaii.


  via Paramount Movies


Source:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise,_Hawaiian_Style
http://www.on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/music/jun08.htm

Harold Muñoz

Art Appreciation

While surfing one of my favorite art blogs, Artodyssey, I came across a painting of a pale girl laying hauntingly with roses against her chest as if lifeless. The detail in the painting is amazing. The use of light and shadow provides depth and a sense of feeling.

Venezuela-born artist Harold Muñoz Rosales is a contemporary realist painter known for his figurative art of women in intimate settings that holds within a sense of spirituality, mystery, and passion.

You can see more of his amazing paintings HERE.

Ecclesiastes via artodyssey1

Untitled via haroldmunozrealismo

Sources:

http://haroldmunozrealismo.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/munozharoldartist/info?tab=page_info
https://youtu.be/5Y9adLKYpqo
http://www.justart-e.com/harold-munoz.html
http://www.galerie-l-oeil-du-prince.com/en/portfolio/harold-munoz/
http://www.artistsnetwork.com/articles/artist-interviews-profiles/december-2013-artist-of-the-month-harold-munoz
http://www.galerie-l-oeil-du-prince.com/en/portfolios/painting/harold-munoz/
http://artodyssey1.blogspot.com/2013/02/harold-munoz.html
http://www.enkil.org/2013/08/19/harold-munoz-quimerica-belleza/
http://www.kaifineart.com/2014/05/harold-munoz.html

Louis Mendes

Photography Appreciation

If your visiting New York City and find yourself between in the Chelsea neighborhood (between West 14th and West 34th Street), you might come across iconic NYC street photographer Louis Mendes.

What makes Mendes unique is his use of a Graflex Speed Graphic camera, which were once used by the press and recognized for its collapsibility.

Check out his Facebook page HERE.

Taken by Catherine Mangosing

Sources:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/nyregion/03polaroid.html?_r=0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Mendes
https://www.facebook.com/LOUIS.MENDES.PHOTOS
http://nyulocal.com/on-campus/2012/04/06/a-walk-through-nyc-with-louis-mendes-street-photographer/
https://www.flickr.com/groups/louismendes/
http://blackartinamerica.com/group/depth-of-field-24-7/page/6557594:Page:248815
http://www.porcupinephotography.com/blog/2014/2/13/louis-mendes
http://www.visualdepartures.com/louis-mendes-new-york-street-photographer/
http://thekarjakablog.com/?p=634
http://www.myturtleneck.com/blog/2010/7/21/polaroids-from-a-different-time-louis-mendes.html