The Dirty Gentleman

Ruminations, found and reblogged oddities, event announcements, and an occasional photograph by the The Dirty Gentleman.

[nobrashfestivity]

Man Ray Hands Montage

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[cristian-1975]

Charlotte Rampling by Helmut Newton, 1976

[nevver]

The day the Earth stood still, Yasuhiro Ishimoto

[seule-s]

The speed of jazz music, 50s-60s, by Francine Winham

[tdgpresents]

Gorgeous

[mirrorsinner]

[mirrorsinner]

[alexanderwales]

I used the phrase "waiting on tenterhooks" and then thought "what the hell is a tenterhook".

It's these things! So when you're waiting on tenterhooks, you're stretched tight like a piece of cloth. Very evocative, now that I know what it means.

[headspace-hotel]

like 40% of english idioms are just Textiles Again

[thinkingimages]

Gilles Berquet | ECLIPSES, STARS AND PLANETS (2010- 2011)

[jinxproof]

© Gilles Berquet

[questionableadvice]

~ Etiquette; Or, A Guide To The Usages of Society, by Count Alfred D'Orsay, 1843

[frostedmagnolias]

Pair of Boots

c. 1890-1900

by Joseph Box Ltd

London, England

Victoria and Albert Museum

[tdgpresents]

Gorgeous

[balkanparamo]

Beauty Revealed (self-portrait), 1828 - Sarah Goodridge (American,1788-1853)

[tdgpresents]

So striking, and fun context: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_Revealed

Beauty Revealed - Wikipedia

Beauty Revealed - Wikipedia

[alcrego]

Proxemics

[tdgpresents]

Striking movement. Like Joy Division/FFT but cold fire.

[theshadowland]

Six Studies by John Singer Sargent    1918-1919 The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Charcoal on paper                18 3/8 x 24 1/8  in.

[chaosophia218]

Snow Crystals Lithograph, 1935.

[tdgpresents]

Gorgeous. Love the specimen grid format.

[paolo-streito-1264]

Horst P. Horst. Bow and Arrow, Manhattan, New York, 1982.

[tdgpresents]

Really interesting lighting.

[kitsunetsuki-deactivated2026051]

Richard Avedon - Dovima in a Velvet Coat-Dress from Dior’s Oblique Line A/W Collection (1950)