Was avoiding posting this one since I’m sick of seeing his face on this blog, but his is done while the other three are waiting. So. Have the Noah from the portrait set of six.
This is a portrait of French Romantic painter Leon Riesener, by his cousin, French Romantic painter Eugene Delacroix
Portraits of Moroccans by Spanish artist José Tapiro y Baro (1830-1913)
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Maude Adams as Duke of Reichstadt in L’Aiglon, c.1900. (via NYPL Digital Library & Bookmice)
This woman is perfection
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Gwendoline Christie is the actress for Brienne of Tarth in Game of Thrones. She stands at 6 feet 3 inches tall and took swordfighting, horseriding, and stagefighting lessons for her part, as well as gaining 14 pounds of muscle, to accurately portray Brienne. (x)
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“world of averages” - composite images culled from thousands of individual portraits resulting in symmetrical average faces.
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“It’s a landscape archtitect’s job to pay attention to the things nobody else notices: the placement of benches, the way a rail curves around a tree, everything…”
“Why are those things important if nobody notices?”
“Because there’s an intrinsic feeling to being in balance.”
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A Glamtastic Flashback & Iconic Beauty: The Legendary Naomi Sims for Harpers Bazaar, Jan 1969 by Chris Von Wagenheim.
Photo: Chris Von Wagenheim Archives
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In 2006 I started working on a series (M of Michoacan) about gang culture in small towns in Mexico as a result of the immigration phenomenon. During this time I met Jimmy “El Pinto” Lopez, an OG from a small town in Michoacán, México; he has tattoos all over his body, head and face. When I asked him about their meaning he said, “They are the marks of a warrior, of wars I have fought, so, when someone sees me on the streets they know I’m ready to fight”. This quote kept spinning in my head for a while until I finally decided to make a series of portraits focusing on the relationship between tattoos and the people who have them; tattoos as self-inflicted scars that change and define how they are perceived. I chose subjects that had tattooed their neck, head and/or face, as they can’t be hidden, taking their commitment to the highest level.—Carlos Alvarez Montero
