The word “ballet” may immediately evoke images of delicate, precise figures twirling in tutus of white and pink. However, that archetypal costume dates only to the Romantic period, perhaps 200 years ago, a fraction of ballet’s five centuries of history. The Romantic… Read More ›
Bianca Passarge at Weinkeller zur Schwarzen Katz, photographed by Carlo Polito, 1958. Related Posts: – Silent Sundays: “Ziegfeld Girl” (1920) – Silent Sundays: Chorus Girls at The Latin Quarter (1949) – Silent Sundays: L’Oiseau Bleu (1908)
Darling readers, in this lazy time of year between the frenetic drive of winter holidays and the turn of the wheel again to summer, I do enjoy delving into our back catalog of vintage photography to reflect on the various… Read More ›
The Year of Halloween 