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Old soul from Costa Rica. Anime and manga, fandoms, movies, literature, history, art, old photography, fashion and more.

[stlamb]

american mourning veils throughout time, 1850s - 1950s

[unbfacts]

Long before the introduction of color film, a Russian chemist and photographer named Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky used an innovative technique. He took three individual black and white photos, each through a colored filter (red, green, and blue), to create fully colored, high-quality pictures. The photo of this woman, taken by him, is around 107 years old!

[redladydeath]

No wait I looked this guy up and this shit’s amazing

It’s so incredibly humanizing to see people from the very distant past in such authentic color

And like. look at these landscape shots!! They’re so vivid!! Even aside from the historical value, these are just legitimately beautiful photographs

[thetviskillingme]

Anna de Rijk for Vogue Netherlands, November 2012.

[beautifulbacteria]

oilnymph by fritz kok

[cuubism]

my friend and i have been losing our goddamn minds over the photography in this zillow listing and i feel the need to share it with you all too

the lighting??? the fog?? the atmosphere???

this shit is like high art and it's a ZILLOW LISTING . and that's not even all the photos!!! what the fuck!!!

[charnel-grounds]

Marie Schleinzer (1874–1949) in her unique “Bat-woman” costume (made with real taxidermy bats) as an allegorical force of evil in the ballet “Around Vienna” performed at the Vienna State Opera in 1894

— ph. Adele K.u.K Hof-Atelier, Wien, c. 1895

© Theatermuseum, Wien

[nonalimmen]

Full Interview

“Have I been here before?” is what you might be thinking when looking through Nona Limmen’s photography works. Though they lean more towards

[vamp-orwave]

If you've been on goth tumblr for a hot minute, you might not know the name Nona Limmen, but you've seen her beautiful photography.

“Shadow work, dreams, the unspoken, mythology, the occult, that's where my art is born.

Sometimes, it feels like my work has roots in two worlds: the world of the seen and the unseen. My photography isn’t super crisp or glossy, nor is it overly staged or planned. They are worlds created for the dreamers, the late bloomers, the misunderstood, and those who are going through times of hardship. It is for anyone nostalgic for arms that have never held them.

My wish for my art is to heal and encourage others, to make them feel seen, heard, and understood -that it triggers to engage the viewer in a very personal inner dialogue, whether positively or negatively. Something that evokes strong emotions or has a significant impact on them. I hope that my work leaves a mark in one way or another.”

Read more at the link provided, and give her the love she deserves here on tumblr!

[opera-ghost]

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the song of the summer just dropped

[ladyxgaga]

Lady Gaga arrives at Apple Music Live: Lady Gaga’s “MAYHEM Requiem” World Premiere in Los Angeles, California, May 14th 2026

[omgthatdress]

ERTEEEEEE!!!! oh my god Sam Smith is a non-binary person after my own heart! This is how I want to dress everyday, spritizing myself with Yves St. Laurent Y and glamorously yelling at my dogs to stop eating poop in the back yard! yes!

[catchymemes]

[omgthatdress]

Oh I fucking love this. There's definitely a reference to Naomi Osaka's Japanese heritage, but blended with a Parisian "New Look" silhouette & tailoring.

[omgthatdress]

Naomi's look has a second layer under it, phenomenal!

[omgthatdress]

Gwendolyn Christie KNOWS WHAT THIS THEME IS ABOUT!! YES!!!! I love this! That fit is impeccable!

[travellingwiththedead]

I've been on holiday in Barcelona, pic spam incoming ;) Here we have the Cemetiri de Poblenou. Cute little cemetery near the beach, lots of walls for coffins and/or urns and a small town of mausoleums.

Also this guy:

(that skeleton looks really good)

[aworldofpattern]

The artist Amy Sherald at the Met Gala 2026, wearing an outfit which refers to her 2014 painting 'Miss Everything (Unsuppressed Deliverance)'.

[uncahier]

[abouquetofdaylillies-deactivate]

Pre-menstrual depression is always depicted as like "He He! I had a box of icecream bars and cried while watching the Titanic!" But in reality, it's more like, "I'm standing the edge of an abyss. There is nothing good inside of me, I'm filled with rage and desperation."

It's crazy that being told how to deal with that is never a part of anyone's menstrual sex education.

[headspace-hotel]

This has already been said in the notes, but if PMS causes extreme depression and even suicidal ideation, that is in fact something that most people do not experience and it can be treated

Like for the majority it really is "oh i'm hungrier and moodier than usual"

^this should be a part of sex education so the point still stands

[godesssiri]

I went to my doctor after I was walking to work one morning and saw a bus coming and actually took a step to throw myself in front of it before I pulled myself together. Later that day I started bleeding and was literally like someone flipped a switch and I didn't feel suicidal anymore. Which made me feel like I was loosing my mind because who goes from 'I want to throw myself in front of a bus' to 'I'm perfectly fine' just like that? I did some research, I went to the doctor and described my feelings, he looked me in the eye and gently asked what I thought it was, I said I'd read about PMDD and I thought it might be that, he said 'I think so too' and wrote a prescription.

If, before you get your period, you feel furiously angry, suicidal, irritated by every tiny thing to the point you want to murder someone, stuck in a black hole you'll never escape from. If you are experiencing extreme emotions for what seems like no good reason, especially if you get your period and those extreme emotions just go away. You're probably not just PMSing , you may have PMS's feral big sister PMDD and it's treatable.

Also this is something that can develop as you get older. So if you used to get normal PMS but what I wrote above sounds more like your norm now then don't just write it off as regular PMS.

[gothiccharmschool]

ALSO! If you start having those feelings and suspect you’re heading towards perimenopause, talk to your doctor.

Basically, if you have a uterus and you start having extreme mood swings every month, that’s not actually normal, go talk to a medical professional. Don’t grit your teeth and suffer through it.

[johnny1note-deactivated20230521]

thinking about her (the ghost barbie from the 2012 haunted beauty series)...

[batmansdeadparents]

Okay, but this entire collection slaps.

[gothiccharmschool]

The depths of my coveting for the Haunted Beauty governess Barbie are too great to explain with human language.

[gothiccharmschool]

I STILL covet that governess Barbie. I also want her outfit in my size.