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Björk (1993) Ph. Juergen Teller

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enrico robusti

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Luna by Léon-François Comerre (19th Century)

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Abandoned vacation house in Portugal.

(via suspiciousminds)

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Filipino artist, Gregory Halili, carves intricate skulls into mother of pearl shells.

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Wilhelm Kotarbiński (1849-1921) - Medusa, 1903

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A selection of photo-micrographs created by Arthur E Smith and featured in the book Nature through Microscope & Camera (1909) by Richard Kerr. Little information is given about Arthur E Smith but we do know that the photographs featured in the book “were exhibited at the Royal Society’s Annual Conversazione, May 13, 1904”, so Kerr tells us in the opening chapter, and “done on 12 by 10 plates directly through the microscope and camera combined as one instrument” with the negatives receiving “no ‘touching-up’ whatever.” The stunning images are achieved by simply photographing the images seen through a microscope, a process which Arthur E Smith himself explains in the only chapter he writes in the book. The introduction by Kerr is also worth a read, couching as he does the work of micrography in terms of curing the world’s ills:

“There are too many places of amusement in our cities, too many trashy and pernicious novels in our free libraries … We do not suggest photography through the microscope as the remedy for existing defects, but we think that the more our young men take up intellectual pastimes the better it will be for the nation. This is one of those pastimes. It is not a selfish one. One enthusiast is a centre of usefulness to others, for he cannot keep to himself the enjoyment he receives from the study of Nature’s beauties and wonders.”

from Public Domain Review

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Chloé - Fall 1995 RTW

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Lucy Liu in Charlie’s Angels (2000) dir. McG

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Elle UK, June 1991.

Ph. Mark Borthwick

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Since we’re on the topic of 1997 nostalgia, let’s also talk about how 1997 was the year when Gillian Anderson became the first actress in television history to win the Emmy, the Golden Globe, and the SAG Award for the same role.

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Chloé - Fall 1995 RTW

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carmen kass @ versus s/s 1999

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Anna Molinari, S/S 1997.

Ph. Paolo Roversi

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Elise Crombez by Steven Meisel for Prada SS03

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Ramón Vargas (American, d.o.b. unknown) - De Volver (Return) (2023)