boris lipnitzki

paul poiret et joséphine baker lors de la fête de sainte-catherine, chez le couturier français. paris, 25 novembre 1925 

serge lifar in icare, 1935

deauville, 1937

capeline de paille valois

coco chanel, 1936

aerodynamic locomotive at the lyons station, paris, 1937

(how beautiful is that train?)

erté, paris, 1924

concours d’élégance avec une jeune femme au volant d’une chrysler, paris, 1938

james joyce 1934

madame grès designing a dress for macy's, 1936

tsuguharu foujita, paris, ca. 1925

jeune femme sortant d'une voiture, janvier 1934

danielle darrieux, 1937

jean-paul sartre, 1946

les mannequins de cez patou, paris, 1927

on the banks of the seine, paris, 1937

all photographs © boris lipnitzki

the story-tellers, part 40

florette's painted finger photographed by jacques henri lartigue.

bandaged finger photographed by daido moriyama, 1987.

fat hand and dollars, monte carlo photographed by helmut newton, 1986.

germaine krull photographed by eli lotar, ca. 1930.

woman with claws photographed by paul outerbridge jr., ca. 1937.

georgia o'keefe, a portrait, hands with thimble photographed by alfred stieglitz, 1920.

tilly losch, hands of a dancer, photographed by e.o. hoppe, 1928.

nude by helmut newton.

jeanne moreau in jean cocteau's la machine infernale, 1954.

etude de mains photographed by germaine krull, ca. 1930.

les mains de coco chanel photographed by andré kertész, 1938.

mains peintes par picasso photographed by man ray, 1935.

cecil beaton

paula gellibrand, 1928

ruth ford in schiaparelli, 1936

katharine hepburn, 1936

buster keaton, 1930

baba beaton, "symphony in silver", 1925

tallulah bankhead, 1927

greta garbo, 1947

jean cocteau a toulon, 1930

wallis simpson in schiaparelli's lobster print dress, chateau de candé, engagement photo, 1937.

mrs. macadoo, 1920s

nancy beaton holding daisy, age 17, 1926

rudolf hametovich nureyev, 1962

orson welles, 1937

marlene dietrich, 1932

marilyn monroe, 1956

lady ottoline morrell, 1927

gabrielle "coco" chanel, 1937

sylvia sidney, 1932

zita & teresa, the jungman twins, 1926

mick jagger, 1968

all photographs by cecil beaton.

fashion fades, only style remains the same

photograph by man ray ca. 1935

photograph by roger schall, 1937

 on roussy sert's yacht in front of the lido of venice, 1936

as a shopgirl, moulins, 1903

with duke Llarino of rome in venice, italy, 1930

during a fitting with romy schneider, 1961

with vera bates, 1928

on the street, 1962

happy birthday gabrielle "coco" chanel.....

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