dean.bsky.social
aka Deny Fear
đź“· Esther Bubley
Man on Platform, c. 1951
Profile pic by Carl Barks!
"And when you look along the way we've come, there are spirals of vultures wheeling."
- Bruce Chatwin
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Fairfield Porter's 1975 portrait of his brother Eliot, the great photographer
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Fairfield Porter with his son Laurence
đź“· Ellen Auerbach, c. 1940
From Dwight Ripley's "An Alphabetical Guide to Modern Art"
Some have a taste for barley-water,
Quaker Oats -- and Fairfield Porter.
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Fairfield Porter by James Schuyler
"No doubt the suggestion that he would travel to paint in a place where the light was better was inconceivable. The whole point was to put down what was there wherever he happened to be, not with approval but with respect."
- John Ashbery
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Fairfield Porter
Clothesline, 1958
"The more one looks at them, the less the paintings seem celebrations of atmosphere & moments but, rather, strong, contentious, & thorny."
- John Ashbery
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"Unexpected intrusions of beauty. This is what life is."
đź“· Saul Bellow by Truman Moore, 1962
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Saul Bellow by Kevin Horan, 1989
Bellow was born in Lachine, Quebec, and lived in Montreal until his family moved to Chicago when he was nine.
He's one of two Canadian Nobel laureates in Literature, along with Alice Munro. It's time for a third: Anne Carson. 🇨🇦
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"Gilberto appeared as a light, as a big star in the firmament, in the heavens. Yes, the guy who brought the Bossa Nova beat to the world was JoĂŁo Gilberto."
- Tom Jobim
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đź“· Gilberto, Jobim & Stan Getz by David Drew Zingg, 1964
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My Alt Text explains the photo, but it's not the same :)
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Oliver Knussen wrote the music for the opera Where The Wild Things Are, to a libretto by Maurice Sendak, from 1979-83.
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Of course, Maurice Sendak's most famous dog was his Sealyham Terrier Jennie, who starred in his 1967 book "Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life".
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Maurice Sendak by Mariana R. Cook, 2005
"I am in my bathrobe in the forest with my dog, Herman, who is a German shepherd of unknowable age, because I refused to ever find out. I don’t want to know. I wish I didn’t know how old I was."
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Maurice Sendak by Spencer Platt, 2002
"He’s one of the most important, if not the most important, writers & artists ever to work in children’s literature. In fact, he’s a significant writer & artist in literature. Period."
- Tony Kushner
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Judy Garland by Roddy McDowall, New York, 1963
My guess is that this was taken at the same CBS taping. McDowall was a fine photographer.
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What a remarkable portrait of Judy Garland, by Leigh Wiener, 1963. This was taken during the taping of a CBS special.
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Eric Carpenter was Judy Garland's favourite photographer. You can see why: he provides more than the usual touch of glamour in this shot for Presenting Lily Mars, 1943
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Judy Garland by William Claxton
Las Vegas, 1961
"I kept these personal & revealing images for myself. I didn't want a cheap movie fan magazine to print such a revealing shot."
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Douglas Kirkland's portrait of Judy Garland, 1961
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Judy Garland with Mickey Rooney in Busby Berkeley's Babes on Broadway
A great shot by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1941
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Judy Garland breathes deeply before she goes onstage at The Palladium, 1951
From an amazing series of photos by Cornell Capa, for Life magazine. Great storytelling, ace photojournalism. Impressive openness & honesty in a stressful time from a fine actress & singer.
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What an outstanding shot of Judy Garland backstage at The Palladium, by Cornell Capa, 1951.
With her is Sidney Luft; he & Judy were married in 1952.
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Judy Garland by Milton H. Greene, 1961
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#RIP Sly Stone
Another Richard Avedon portrait of Stone from Fresh, 1973. There aren't too many photos of him where he seems to be in a calm and serene place.
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#RIP Sly Stone
Wonderful portraits by Richard Avedon, for Sly & The Family Stone's 1973 album Fresh
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#RIP Sly Stone
His 1975 debut album: High On You
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A great portrait by Herbie Greene on the cover.
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#RIP Sly Stone
Another Richard Avedon portrait of Stone from Fresh, 1973. There aren't too many photos of him where he seems to be in a calm and serene place.
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#RIP Sly Stone
Wonderful portraits by Richard Avedon, for Sly & The Family Stone's 1973 album Fresh
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#RIP Sly Stone
His 1975 debut album: High On You
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A great portrait by Herbie Greene on the cover.
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Another PoPsie Randolph shot of Jackie Mason in the recording studio, 1963
Q: What is the last thing you do before you go onstage?
Mason: I look at myself in the mirror and think “Look at this, the Jewish Cary Grant.”
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Jackie Mason recording "I Want To Leave You With The Words Of A Great Comedian"
đź“· PoPsie Randolph, 1963
"He is bright & brash & very funny. And he is a fine human being."
- Ed Sullivan's liner notes for the album. Ed later banned him from his show. Mason sued.
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Carl Nielsen by Georg Lindstrøm, c. 1908
"Music is life and, like it, inextinguishable."
- the motto at the top of the score of his 4th Symphony, "The Inextinguishable"
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Anita O'Day Swings Cole Porter With Billy May, from 1959.
They really do swing!
No photo credit, but great liner notes by Will Friedwald!
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