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 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