Valle Del Cervo

Mystery and melancholy.

[zangtumb]

Here is a Gale Warning (1970) - Rose Finn-Kelcey

[yesterdaysprint]

Palladium-Item, Richmond, Indiana, June 5, 1926

[valledelcervo]

Divided Self (Speakers' Corner) by Rose Finn-Kelcey (1974)

Displaying two selves in conversation, "Divided Self" exposes the persistent disconnect between actor and role and how there is no secure, authentic, space outside performance before audiences. It may be seen as critiquing the framework of Goffman's dramaturgical model and its assertion of controlled impression management, by suggesting that identity is internally contested.

[wildspringday]

‘girl with two faces’ by nathan lerner, 1932

[adandyinaspic]

Germaine Greer and Viv Stanshall, OZ Magazine, 1969

[valledelcervo]

Rose Finn-Kelcey

Untitled from the series Restored to her Natural State by Nibbling Rose Petals (1977)

[valledelcervo]

Pierre Gervais as René Magritte (This Is Not a Murder Mystery, 2025)

[vincekris]

Renée Munn

[thelorenfiles]

Sophia Loren photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1979

[moradadabeleza]

Barry Kornbluh

[thinkingimages]

Un Chien Andalou (1929) Directed by Luis Buñuel

[princessgracekelly1956]

Grace Kelly, Alfred Hitchcock, John Williams and Ray Milland on the set of Dial M for Murder, 1953

[filmesdopedro]

[questcequecestqueca]

Monica Vitti

[kameramya]

Bologna, 2023

Developing old rolls I had left behind.

This was a agfapan iso 25. I left it in the drawer for a couple of years and developed it with Rodinal. White satin, foggy all over, weak in contrast, very flat. I think there might be some cases in which this can help depict a specific environment and return a very particular look. Not my case right now tbh. The whole roll was quite disappointing. Blame goes mainly to my eye, as I did not know how to compose for this kind.

Anyways, the composition of this particular shot somehow really nailed it. Dark only on the two opposite subjects. Modern contradiction and its necessary satin.

[gatabella]

Monica Vitti at home by Araldo de Crollana, 1970

[charnel-grounds]

6 donne per l’assassino (1964) A.K.A. Blood and Black Lace