Covers etc is one of my favourite flickr streams to browse as it combines my love for vintage, design and, occasionally, salaciousness all into one. there are some seriously saucy book covers over there (admittedly my favourites, most of which i won’t post here due to the boobs factor) – but also an array of beautiful illustrative work and good ol’ mid-century design.
all images courtesy of Covers etc
i rediscovered this series of photographs taken between 1929 – 1934 by german photographer Marianne Breslauer thanks to lauren’s pinterest. i’m strangely envious of these women who are long gone.
Marianne was a close friend of the Swiss writer and photographer Annemarie Schwarzenbach, whom she photographed many times. She described Annemarie (who died at the young age of 34) as: “Neither a woman nor a man, but an angel, an archangel” * … From an early age she began to dress and act like a boy, a behaviour not discouraged by her parents, and which she retained all her life—in fact in later life she was often mistaken for a young man. *
Lisa von Cramm, Berlin, 1934
Annemarie Schwarzenbach, Zürich, 1934
Ruth von Morgen, Berlin, 1934
Ruth von Morgen
Ruth von Morgen, Berlin, 1933 & Jutta Zambona-Remarque
Annemarie Schwarzenbach
Annemarie Schwarzenbach
Annemarie Schwarzenbach
Annemarie Schwarzenbach
old love is a great tumblr for a quick and sometimes surprising browse (linda evangelista & kyle maclachlan? really?)
inspired by this post by lauren about francoise gilot i decided to do some vintage picasso hunting – and of course the life archives delivered. picasso lived in the town of vallauris on the french riviera for 7 years where he created ceramics at the madoura workshop (amongst other things of course – the man was nothing if not prolific). francoise is pictured in this series of photographs taken in 1949 by gjon mili, though she eventually left picasso after a myriad of infidelities.
i don’t know whether to high five or punch nic grobler (of bicycle portraits, who i posted about here) for introducing me to the gahetNA National Archives. high five because it’s AWESOME, of course, or punch because i lost hours of my life browsing its magnificence.
i decided to start off with a simple keyword – strand meaning beach in dutch (having afrikaans on my side helps in this case, but google translate should get you on the right track) in order to get some vintage summer psyching going on.
The Hustad Residence in Wayzata, Minnesota. Designed by Donald E. Hustad and photographed by Gordon Parks for LIFE magazine in 1958.
when i’m feeling low all it takes is a quick browse of superbomba’s legendary collection to perk the spirits.
this is a new set of then & now photos from one of my favourite vintage photo collectors Giuseppe Savini. he says,
This is a series of photos I took in Bologna. I thought it was a good idea … then they told me that similar work had already been done … and then I gave up everything. - translated from Italian
it’s true – i have seen these done before, but not with the focus on the people in the photos. i think it’s far more interesting than just seeing the place itself – especially when you view past people in context with present day people.
let’s not forget all the effort Giuseppe must have gone to to track down these spots. so awesome!
all photographs by Giuseppe Savini
i have long been an avid follower of Etienne du Plessis‘ flickr stream, where he shares many vintage photographs including old shots of Cape Town. please click on the images to be taken to the original & for more information.
- Posing at the Sea Point pool, 1960
- Clifton, 1967
- The Little Blue Train, Mouille Point, 1961
- Sea Point ,1963
- The Gardens, 1978
- Wednesday morning on the Parade, 1974
- Pleasure boats, Muizenberg circa 1960
- Muizenberg beach, 1953
- Fish Hoek, 1958
- Ready for the office, circa 1960
- Wedding in District Six, 1960
- Silverstream Buttress, 1975
- District Six, 1960
- Simonstown, 1969
i’m really trying to psyche myself up for summer. if you follow my ramblings on twitter (or, of course, if you know me personally) you’ll know that i am not the hugest fan of this particular season. it’s the heat, you see. i think i might literally be allergic to heat. i can’t sit in the sun without going a lovely shade of blotchy red. i can’t even sit in a hot room without getting intensely uncomfortable. and the thing about living in south africa is that our summers are HOT. hot hot hot.
other than all that i really enjoy summer, of course. who doesn’t like long beautiful days, outdoor barbeques, walking on the beach, drinking ice cold beers in the sun, eating ice cream really quickly before it melts…
so in an effort to get the summer psyching going i did that guest post on hila’s blog as a jumping off point, then i started making a mood board dedicated to summer on pinterest (laugh at me if you will, but addiction is a serious matter) and now i am sharing some vintage summer snapshots – in colour. what better way to capture the season?
- courtesy of superbomba
- courtesy of bill greene
- courtesy of what makes the pie shops tick?
- courtesy of the snapatorium
- courtesy of phillip capper
- courtesy of etienne du plessis
- courtesy of superbomba
- courtesy of what makes the pie shops tick?
- courtesy of willy wilson
- courtesy of aroid
- courtesy of midwestern femme
- courtesy of lynne’s lens
- courtesy of anna allen
to all of you entering autumn soon – i really do envy you.
