filthiest person alive

[mabellonghetti]

Ana Belén in "Morbo" (dir. Gonzalo Suárez - 1972).

[blondebrainpowered]

Ann-Margret on her personal Triumph motorcycle, 1966

Photographer: Darlene Hammond

[ofthemonth]

Playboy Playmate Mesina Miller, September 1975

[babechouu]

Marianne Faithfull in The Girl on a Motorcycle 1968

[mujercaramela]

[nostalgia-eh52]

1974 Chocolates & Cream Cosmetics by Max Factor

[coolthingsguyslike]

[cerebralpaulzie]

[twixnmix]

Attendees of the Monterey Jazz Festival in California, September 1969.

Photos by Baron Wolman

[schoolisateenagewasteland]

Harlow from The Queen, 1968

[drugbinges]

john sutcliffe 

[iwant2rob]

[fatmagic]

[elierlick]

Christer Strömholm’s 1950s-60s photos of Parisian trans women are so gripping for me because they celebrate the materiality of trans life during an era when trans people supposedly didn't exist. Although we know little about the women, he titled each piece with their respective name.

Strömholm mastered chiaroscuro and who better to focus on than subjects that could light up any room? Rather than centering the quotidian horrors of midcentury trans existence (as most contemporaneous artists did), the series reflects on love, laughter, and everyday life.

Strömholm died in 2002 but his photos are still frequently exhibited in galleries around the world. For more on his photography and other colorized photos from trans history, see http://elierlick.com/color!

[danataiko]

Photo by Bunny Yeager, 1969.

[ademir]

[atomic-raunch]

One of the cooler things I’ve ever run across, a Polaroid of Dolores Fuller taken by Ed Wood on a camping trip