the story-tellers, part 50

erwin blumenfeld, self-portrait with mask, new york, ca. 1958

carnival, rome, photographed by herbert list, 1949

skew mask photographed by roger ballen, 2002

untitled photographed by man ray, 1928

lisa lyon in gas mask photographed by robert mapplethorpe, 1982

3 men in masks, cuzco, peru, photographed by irving penn, 1948

women fire watchers, london, photographed by lee miller, 1940

audrey hepburn & george peppard in breakfast at tiffany's, 1961

new york photographed by helen levitt,  ca. 1942

icon - leonor fini

holding sculpture, paris, 1937

photograph by horst p. horst, paris, 1946

photograph by erwin blumenfeld, 1938-1939

photograph by george platt-lynes, new york, 1936

in feathered mask, 1946

photographed by henri cartier-bresson, 1933

photograph by eddy brofferio, 1975

painting in her studio, 1952

photograph by andré ostier, paris, 1948

with cat, photograph by dora maar, 1936

photograph by arturo ghergo, 1944-1945

with mannequin, photograph by henri cartier-bresson, 1933

the legs of leonor fini, photograph by henri cartier-bresson, ca. 1932

photograph by man ray, paris, 1936

arriving at the beistegui ball, 1951

the story-tellers, part 31

the tragic suicide of evelyn mchale by robert wiles for life magazine, may 1, 1947.

carel van lier, amsterdam by erwin blumenfeld, ca. 1933.

dead leaf by man ray, 1942.

unknown jumper

untitled (car accident) by enrique metinides, mexico city, 1979.

the field of blood by wim wenders, jerusalem.

(the field that judas iscariot bought with the 30 pieces of silver that he earned by betraying jesus. nothing grows here.)

dead raven in the snow by masahisa fukase.

portrait of 3 women mourning, 19th century, unknown photographer.