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A very young Bela Lugosi as “Fernando” in a promotional shot for “The Red Poppy”, Greenwich Village Theater, New York, circa 1923. By Nicholas Ház.

A very young Bela Lugosi as “Fernando” in a promotional shot for “The Red Poppy”, Greenwich Village Theater, New York, circa 1923. By Nicholas Ház.

5 days ago 22 notes#theatre #theater #bela lugosi #acting #performance #the red poppy #greenwich village #Nicholas Ház #portrait #portraits #photography #Black and White #black&white #blackandwhite #vintage
Maya Angelou by Stephen Parker.
STILL I RISEBy Maya Angelou
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I’ll rise.
Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with...

Maya Angelou by Stephen Parker.

STILL I RISE

By Maya Angelou

You may write me down in history

With your bitter, twisted lies,

You may trod me in the very dirt

But still, like dust, I’ll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?

Why are you beset with gloom?

’Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells

Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,

With the certainty of tides,

Just like hopes springing high,

Still I’ll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?

Bowed head and lowered eyes?

Shoulders falling down like teardrops,

Weakened by my soulful cries?

Does my haughtiness offend you?

Don’t you take it awful hard

’Cause I laugh like I’ve got gold mines

Diggin’ in my own backyard.

You may shoot me with your words,

You may cut me with your eyes,

You may kill me with your hatefulness,

But still, like air, I’ll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?

Does it come as a surprise

That I dance like I’ve got diamonds

At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history’s shame

I rise

Up from a past that’s rooted in pain

I rise

I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide,

Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.

Leaving behind nights of terror and fear

I rise

Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear

I rise

Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,

I am the dream and the hope of the slave.

I rise

I rise

I rise.

Maya Angelou, “Still I Rise” from And Still I Rise: A Book of Poems.

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Simone de Beauvoir at the funeral of Jean-Paul Sartre at the Cimetière de Montparnasse, Paris (19th of April 1980). Unattributed.

Simone de Beauvoir at the funeral of Jean-Paul Sartre at the Cimetière de Montparnasse, Paris (19th of April 1980). Unattributed.

1 week ago 39 notes#Simone de Beauvoir #jean-paul sartre #Cimetière de Montparnasse #1980 #literature #portrait #portraits #photography #Street Photography #Black and White #black&white #blackandwhite #history
David Bowie and a biography of Buster Keaton, dressing room of “The Man Who Fell To Earth”, 1975. By Steve Shapiro.

David Bowie and a biography of Buster Keaton, dressing room of “The Man Who Fell To Earth”, 1975. By Steve Shapiro.

2 weeks ago 5 notes#David Bowie #steve shapiro #photography #Black and White #black&white #blackandwhite #buster keaton #the man who fell to earth #1975 #portrait #portraits #musicians #musician
Hattie Madders, winner of the “Most Scary Woman in the UK” title in 1883. She was the only woman to hold the boxing heavyweight championship of the world title. Nicknamed ‘The Mad Hatter’ she allegedly won the belt in 1883, stopping Scottish pugilist...

Hattie Madders, winner of the “Most Scary Woman in the UK” title in 1883. She was the only woman to hold the boxing heavyweight championship of the world title. Nicknamed ‘The Mad Hatter’ she allegedly won the belt in 1883, stopping Scottish pugilist Wee Willy Harris in the first round of their bout. Unattributed.

2 months ago 11 notes#photography #portrait #portraits #pugilist #box #vintage #Black and White #black&white #blackandwhite #woman #hattie madders #1883
Keith Richards, New York, 1980. By George Rose. (Re used for a denim advertising in 2017, because classics…)

Keith Richards, New York, 1980. By George Rose. (Re used for a denim advertising in 2017, because classics…)

3 months ago 41 notes#Keith Richards #the rolling stones #George Rose #portrait #portraits #1980's #fashion #photography #Black and White #black&white #blackandwhite #music #musicians #musique #musician
Julia Prinsep Jackson (1846-1895), circa 1856. She was the mother of Virginia Woolf. This photograph was taken when she was about 10 years old, and is from Leslie Stephen’s photograph album.
By Oscar Gustave Rejlander.
Photograph courtesy of the...

Julia Prinsep Jackson (1846-1895), circa 1856. She was the mother of Virginia Woolf. This photograph was taken when she was about 10 years old, and is from Leslie Stephen’s photograph album.

By Oscar Gustave Rejlander.

Photograph courtesy of the Mortimer Rare Book Room, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.

3 months ago 69 notes#Oscar Gustave Rejlander #Julia Prinsep Jackson #Virginia Woolf #Leslie Stephen #Smith College #photography #portrait #portraits #Black and White #black&white #blackandwhite #1856
Anonymous amateur photographer. Overlooking the Statue of Liberty, New York, 1920. Frank Maresca collection / The Newark Museum, New Jersey.

Anonymous amateur photographer. Overlooking the Statue of Liberty, New York, 1920. Frank Maresca collection / The Newark Museum, New Jersey.

4 months ago 21 notes#New York City #statue of liberty #1920 #frank maresca collection #newark #new jersey #photography #Street Photography #street portrait #Black and White #black&white #blackandwhite #anonymous
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