Regina RelangTomorrowWe are heading off for a couple of weeks for a much needed sojourn hopefully heading for the French and Italian Rivieras before Tout Le Monde descend. Laptop and camera plu...
Peignoir in a Soft Breeze 1936 Martin Munkácsi was the master of movement, along with Lartigue he is my favourite photographer, his pictures are full of life and personality, you can hear the su...
Harland MillerHarland Miller in situ via DustjacketAnd AgainI wonder if Allen Lane the gentleman whos brainwave created the Penguin book or Edward Preston Young the young man who was sent to London Z...
Donna Summer, December 31st 1948 - May 17th 2012A huge talent, of her time and ahead of her time, no celebration complete without her music Donna, Studio 54RIP
I must apologise for bringing you more of my fledgling photography and yet more flowers, I do have several posts in draft that dont feature my photographs or flowers, I just need to get my head round...
Here is the poster for the 65th Cannes Film Festival, which commences on Wednesday: On the occasion of its 65th anniversary, the Festival de Cannes pays tribute to Marilyn Monroe, selected as th...
Peonies in front of the neighbours potting shed. Does the lintle look a little tipsy to you?
Wishing you all a very happy SundayXXX
The view from the hotel bedroom window, the rooftops, zinc guttering and cooing pigeons reminded me of my time living in Paris. We have been away for a few days, staying in the beautiful south wester...
Afternoon Tea in the Garden 1957Henrietta Tiarks, Debutante, Model and The Duchess of Bedford...Richard Avedon 1959Wishing you all a wonderful weekendXXX
What is it about new cameras and flowers? We just cant seem to help ourselves. I have been mucking about with my new camera, keen eyed photographers will see I have been experimenting with dept...
Lee Miller, Man Ray Paris 1929
Cannes Film Festival 1958, Jacques Tati and Alain Bercourt walk towards the Carlton Hotel, Henri Cartier-BressonI have a crush on the late Jacques Tati, MG first told me about him years a...
The arbour a few Springs agoUnderneath the arbour, it should read all change in the arbour but the latter sounded less romantic. We are very fortunate to have a large garden with plenty of al f...
BBC Panorama, broadcast April 1st 1957Wishing you all a wonderful weekend, try not to get caught out on Sunday Morning!
Just watched the first two episodes of Mad Men, Its as good as ever and I am simply mad for Megans wardrobe, especially this coral zig zag coat. I could not even go to to the loo or make a cup of tea...
Indignant (and with all reason to be) Mrs DoveI came home from grocery shopping the other week, I plonked my shopping basket on the kitchen table and MG shouted from the terrace "be careful of th...
I watched a program today that featured Isabella Rossellini, wow... there she was as she is, with no artifice. Intelligent, elegant, gracious, warm and beautiful, no plastic surgery, every line on he...
Vain Beagle in a rather nice sports carI told you I was rethinking this blog...and its true I am, two factors in this are recently I got clobbered for copyright violations, and yes its true copyright...
The late, Great, Chalky the Jack Russell, takes a dislike to the sound equipment and once again upstages his Master, British TV Chef and Restaurateur Rick Stein.I promise this is not turning into a d...
"Well"?Apologies for my blogging hiatus, for various reasons, I am currently rethinking this blog, will fill you in soon. In the meantime I leave you with THE very handsome, charismatic, inte...
The timeless, beautiful and frankly, brilliant work of Lillian Bassman, who passed away on Monday aged 94.Lillian Bassman June 15th, 1917 – February 13th, 2012RIP
Like many I admire Helen Mirren no end, here she is appearing in her first film. This clip is so wonderfully bizarre, I had to share it with you, please bear in mind it was an experimental film from ...
Dior, 1955Beautiful Parisian locations, French Haute Couture from the fifties and sixties and the vibrant work of Mark Shaw...Velvet dinner dress by Chanel, 1955Givenchy, 1955Chanel, 1955Henrietta Ti...
Its Valentines day today, I had some beautiful vintage images of lovers that I wanted to show you but because of my appalling (non existent) filing system of images stored on my computer I cant find ...
Crusoe, earlier today, investigating the ice on his laneOK this cold weather business is really not funny any more... Only a few weeks ago I was bemoaning the fact that the weather was not cold...
Baron de Meyer is often credited with being the first fashion photographer, personally I think his work is sublime, he has an interesting Wikipedia entry too...Le Compte Etienne de Beaumont 1919Irene...
I am neither Italian nor American but whenever I hear this song, I find myself singing or humming it for days...it never fails to put a smile on my face...(Especially worthwhile in full screen)...
With news of freezing conditions all over Europe it was only a matter of time before the cold, snowy weather reached us. We have had it easy up to now with a very mild winter, lots of sunshine ...
Something phenomenal happened last Thursday, a previous post of mine generated over 3000 hits in one day, the said post is here. The preferred search word was Jean Shrimpton now. The reason for...
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