Tag Archives: 50s

and i would give anything i own, give up my life, my heart, my home

I’ve been quite the lucky one and ended up with loads of time off over Christmas and New Year. While this is wonderful, it also means I haven’t really got my act back together yet. Now that January is upon us (I’m aware I’m five days late), I seriously need to save the pennies and [...]

magic in a magical land

Allow me to introduce you to Louise Dahl-Wolfe, American photographer of the 30s, 40s and 50s. She is behind a few of my favourite photographs (which you are about to see – eeeep!). With subjects like Jean Patchett, Lisa Fonssagrives and Lauren Bacall, I was bound to be drawn in. She was big in Harper’s [...]

but i know that you know

F C Gundlach is amongst my favourite fashion photographers of the 50s, 60s and 70s. He has the magical ability to make something that is so obviously moving seem so absolutely/momentarily still. He does this in a way that I’ve struggled to find elsewhere. I also get the feeling he is reading my mind with [...]

oh won’t you please play a song, a sentimental song, oh my sentimental friend over there?

The BBC weather website = my bible. By 18:00 we’re set to be at -8. Minus eight degrees celsius. I’m sorry, but that ain’t normal. Not in my day! Oh, and it’s supposed to snow again tonight, while the temperature casually lingers at -11. Today, for the first time ever, I had a momentary longing [...]