London 1876

Street Life in London, 1876. I love the hats and the clay pipes. Taken from How to be a retronaut

William Gedney

Really nice images from O’Rourke’s Bar, Brooklyn c.1960 by William Gedney. Maybe not as good as Cafe Lehmitz by Anders Petersen but still pretty awesome. Taken from How to be a retronaut via Duke University Library

All images © William Gedney

Brandon Thibodeaux

‘My ongoing project, When Morning Comes, explores daily life in the Mississippi Delta. In the summer of 2009 I began traveling the village streets and farm roads of the Delta on my bicycle. I needed to breathe after troubled times and the people that I met, the very landscape itself, became midwives, mythmakers, and prophets. I found strength and humility there that summer. ‘A simple beauty resides here. I feel it in the fecund fields where memories of the blood and sweat of generations now stir amidst the roar of combines. I hear it issued from lips in lessons of divinity. And I see it in their eyes. While ever evolving, this project reflects the lives of the Coffey family in the small village of Duncan, with whom I mostly reside. And it has grown to encompass the communities around them, like Mound Bayou, the state’s first completely African American settlement. This is a celebration of the resilience that I witness in these places.’ Brandon Thibodeaux is a photographer based in Dallas, Texas, who creates portraits in the documentary tradition. His clients include AARP, US News & World Report, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Financial Times Magazine. Thibodeaux is also a member of the photography collective MJR. In addition to his assignment work and creative commissions, he continues to explore life in the American south. Taken from Feature Shoot

All images © Brandon Thibodeaux

Anders Petersen

Cafe Lehmitz – Anders Petersen

‘In 1967, Anders Petersen started to photograph the late-night regulars (prostitutes, transvestites, drunks, lovers, drug addicts) in a bar in Hamburg, Germany, named Café Lehmitz, and continued that project for three years. His photobook of the same name, published in 1978, has since become regarded as a seminal book in the history of European photography.

‘The people at the Café Lehmitz had a presence and a sincerity that I myself lacked. It was okay to be desperate, to be tender, to sit all alone or share the company of others. There was a great warmth and tolerance in this destitute setting.’ – Anders Petersen’. Taken from How to be a retronaut.

All images © Anders Petersen

 

Michael Donovan

Michael Donovan shoots Luã Mayer, Karo Mrozkova and Meritza Veer for the September 2011 issue of Vision China. One of the more compelling shoots of the year. NSFW. Taken from Touch Puppet

All images © Michael Donovan

Sebastian Faena

I love this shoot, it’s really beautiful and sexy at the same time. Photographed by Sebastian Faena. Styling Sally Lyndley. Taken from Calikartel.

All images © Sebastian Faena

Taka Mayumi

Pretty cool shoot by Taka Mayumi. Taken from Calikartel.

All images © Taka Mayumi

 

 

 

 

 

Vintage Exercise Machines

Taken from How to be a retronaut.

Ira Chernova

The Devil’s Rejects shot by photographer Ira Chernova. Muse Anna Brudina and make up artist Dana Holodnyh. Taken from Photographer and Muse.

All images © Ira Chernova

Hedi Slimane

Anja Rubik by Hedi Slimane in Transformer for V72, styled by Melanie Ward. Taken from Fashiontography.

All images © Hedi Slimane