May 2, 2013
An ultra-ordinary moment behind the scenes of The Empire Strikes Back as the main cast reads the script…
(via This Isn’t Happiness, Retronaut)
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In 1975, photographer Nicholas Nixon took a picture of his wife and her 3 sisters, who at the time ranged in age from 15 to 25. Then he did it again the next year and suggested that they make it an annual tradition. The women agreed and they have all consistently been a part of the remarkable project now for going on 40 years.
In each photo, the Brown Sisters pose in the same order — Heather, Mimi, Bebe, and Laurie…
These photos have been removed by request of the photographer’s representative.
You can learn more about Nicholas Nixon’s series at the Fraenkel Gallery. And many of the photos are available in the archives of New York’s Museum of Modern art.
The series has also been published in two different books — one after 25 years and another after 33.
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In 2008, history grad student Caitlin Hopkins began documenting pre-1825 American gravestones and posting the ones with epitaphs that describe death in a unique way. Her goal was to compile a list of 101, which she has — and more.
Here are a few…
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For her series “War and Peace,” photographer Melissa Cacciola took pictures of military personnel in all different branches, both active duty soldiers and veterans. Her work shows the real-life side of her subjects by creating a pair of images of each, one in uniform and one in civilian clothing of the soldier’s choice.
In addition to humanizing the soldiers, the series seems to pay homage to military portraiture of yesteryear with Cacciola’s tintype photography and the soldiers’ generally somber faces.
For this post, I’m sharing the photos of the women in the series, because I found the contrast their portraits created to be the most striking, but the full series features both men and women…
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