Saturday, September 25, 2010

THE MAGICAL PHOTOGRAPHY OF DIANE ARBUS




THIS IS A MAN'S WORLD


MRS. T. CHARLTON HENRY IN BALENCIAGA

Mrs. T. Charlton Henry in her Chestnut Hill home,Philadelphia.
Currently residing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

"When this portrait of a society lady was published in Harper's Bazaar, the feature writer's text for the image noted: "Mrs. T. Charlton Henry … weighs a fragile, feminine ninety pounds, but moves through life like a Trojan." Although Mrs. Henry—with her jeweled dress and formidable helmet of hair—may have been an atypical Arbus subject, the photographer employed her trademark classical style to capture the power and poignancy of this wealthy upper class woman in the elegant confines of her milieu."

The Metropolitan Museum of Art 


MRS. T. CHARLTON HENRY IN HER LIBRARY WEARING BALENCIAGA
Mrs. T Charlton Henry in her Library in Balenciaga


"Mrs. Henry knows more about George and Martha Washington than most of us do about our best friends.
At one of her famous little lunches, she may serve crab soup with sherry, from Martha Washington's own recipe."

MARTHA WASHINGTON'S CRAB SOUP

1 1/2 Pounds jumbo crabmeat
2 hard-boiled eggs
1 quart milk
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp flour
1/2 tsp mushroom sauce
1/2 tsp A.1. Sauce
A suggestion of nutmeg
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup Bristol Cream Sherry
Salt and Pepper

Mash hard-boiled eggs with fork, add to butter, flour and a little pepper. Bring milk to a boil and pour it gradually on to the well-mixed paste of eggs, etc. Put over a low fire, add the crabmeat and allow to simmer for 5 minutes. Add the cream and bring to a low boiling point. Add salt, sauces and sherry and heat through but do not boil after the sherry has been added.



"The heart of the former Julia Rush Biddle of the famous Philadelphia Biddles is torn between Main Line and France. She passed much of her childhood in Brittany was schooled in Philadelphia and was married in 1910 in Chestnut Hill, where she still lives, to a lawyer-yachtsman who became a World War I hero.

A lover of fine clothes and a devoted walker, she is trim and doll-like and has been named to the Best-Dressed Hall of Fame. She is fascinated by all that goes on, from, scuba diving to the moon race."

"Grande Dames Who Grace America"
Life Magazine
January 26, 1968


On the third floor of her house, there are three rooms full of clothes racks, in which each ensemble hangs in its own wrapper, together with gloves, shoes and handbag, This enviable passion for organization structures her life - and inspires her friends.


She retires for the day, but not too early, in an audaciously feminine robe of pink satin, dripping with lace. Mrs. Henry - who isn't - loves to feel helpless. She was brought up to believe "It's a man's world" And she confesses larkily, without apology, "I love it that way."

Mrs. T. Charlton Henry
Harper's Bazaar July 1965
Photography and Text: Diane Arbus


Mrs. T. Charlton Henry
1886-1978
Once a Great Beauty


FROM THE ARCHIVE

devodotcom posts on Diane Arbus

3/22/12 The Simplicity of Thought
3/21/12 Have A Great Day!
1/25/12 The Vertical Journey
12/31/11 Happy New Year
11/24/11 The Young Heiresses
8/14/11 Bill Blass Designs For Little Ones
7/12/11 The Full Circle:Prince Robert de Rohan Courtenay
5/17/11 As You Desire Me
4/25/11 The Full Circle: Max Maxwell Landar
2/14/11 The Couple
1/30/11 She's As Mae West As Ever: Mae West
10/16/10 The Full Circle: William Mack
9/25/10 Mrs. T. Charlton Henry
9/05/10 Fashion Independents On Marriage
8/20/10 The Real Miss Cora Pratt
8/20/10 Miss Cora Pratt
7/29/10 The Full Circle: Jack Dracula
7/27/10 Thank Heaven For Little Girls
7/26/10 Petal Pink For Little Parties
5/24/10 Tokyo Rose

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

COUNTRY GIRL





crosby stills nash and young
country girl



BEAUTY BULLETIN
VOGUE JANUARY 1970
MARY RUSSELL







Friday, September 17, 2010

SEAN CONNERY - THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU



Carmen McRae
The Very Thought of You


SEAN CONNERY
Gentlemen's Quarterly
April 1966

Monday, September 13, 2010

JEANLOUP SIEFF - JUST BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU'VE GOT




BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU'VE GOT







JEANLOUP SIEFF

JEANLOUP SIEFF

JEANLOUP SIEFF

JEANLOUP SIEFF

BAZAAR COUNTRY
THE CRANBERRY PATCH
HARPER'S BAZAAR AUGUST 1963

Saturday, September 11, 2010

FALTA AMOR





Rachel Price and The Voices of Baha


Warren Beatty
Vogue
January 1962


Julie Christie
Gentlemen's Quarterly
April 1966



Sunday, September 5, 2010

THE MAGICAL PHOTOGRAPHY OF DIANE ARBUS



when did you stop loving me...when did i stop loving you?
Marvin Gaye






Fashion Independents: On Marriage
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Lester Wiener
DIANE ARBUS


"If Ovid possessed the secret of successful marriage when he wrote '"If thou wouldst marry wisely, marry thy equal,"' then the eight lovely ladies and their distinguished gentlemen on these pages bear contemporary evidence to his ancient prescription. Perfectly balanced with each other, their lives - and their looks - are as vigourously independent as their views on the interesting state of matrimony."






Georgiana and Armando Orsini
DIANE ARBUS






Isabel and Fred Eberstadt
DIANE ARBUS






Jane and John Gruen
DIANE ARBUS


Penetrating Light

"Another crucial element of Arbus' technique was her use of lighting. During the daytime she would usually rely on natural light, which would often produce an ambient effect, placing the photograph at a specific time of day. The portrait of John Gruen and Jane Wilson shot for Harper's Bazaar in 1965 features light so bright that it engulfs the entire room and suggests an afternoon shoot.



The photograph also illustrates Arbus' use of strong, almost overpowering, backlighting. In this photo and in many others (but more noticeable in her commercial work) the incoming light from the background windows blurs the physical boundaries of their frames and produces an ethereal effect that adds a dreamy prominence to the subjects because of the high contrast lighting conditions.


Beginning in the early 60s, when natural lighting wasn't available or sufficient, Arbus would often use flash. Besides illuminating an area, Arbus' use of flash in many instances produced a distorted effect that heightened the surreal feeling of her work."

From The Disctinctions of Diane Arbus by Honeysuckle Sleeper



 




Hope Bryce and Otto Preminger
DIANE ARBUS



Eliette and Herbert Von Karajan





Gilbert and Kitty Miller
DIANE ARBUS





Elizabeth of Yugoslavia and Howard Oxenberg
HARPER'S BAZAAR MAY, 1965 ...
DIVORCED 1966



Fashion Independents: On marriage
Harper's Bazaar May, 1965
Photography: Diane Arbus


arbus admin girl @devodotcom



FROM THE ARCHIVE

devodotcom posts on Diane Arbus



3/22/12 The Simplicity of Thought

3/21/12 Have A Great Day!
1/25/12 The Vertical Journey
12/31/11 Happy New Year
11/24/11 The Young Heiresses
8/14/11 Bill Blass Designs For Little Ones
7/12/11 The Full Circle:Prince Robert de Rohan Courtenay
5/17/11 As You Desire Me
4/25/11 The Full Circle: Max Maxwell Landar
2/14/11 The Couple
1/30/11 She's As Mae West As Ever: Mae West
10/16/10 The Full Circle: William Mack
9/25/10 Mrs. T. Charlton Henry
9/05/10 Fashion Independents On Marriage
8/20/10 The Real Miss Cora Pratt
8/20/10 Miss Cora Pratt
7/29/10 The Full Circle: Jack Dracula
7/27/10 Thank Heaven For Little Girls
7/26/10 Petal Pink For Little Parties
5/24/10 Tokyo Rose