today’s daily snap: in mathura, india

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This very cinematic daily snap from Grant Faint was taken at the Banke Bihari temple during the Holi festival.

today’s daily snap: in new delhi

new delhi spice market
Snapped by Grant Faint.

john bignell: battersea fun fair, 1957

battersea fun fair 1957
I just discovered John Bignell in this post on The Library Time Machine website. It has more on Bignell’s work here and here. The reaction of the woman on the right is exquisite.

today’s daily snap: in bodh gaya, india

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In Bodh Gaya, snapped by Grant Faint, who writes:

Buddhist pilgrims from around the world journey to this town to the spot where Buddha sat under a huge tree for 40 days and nights and developed the concept of dharma (cosmic law and order). This lady prepares flower offerings for the faithful to buy.

a photo for sunday: starting over, 1935

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Remembering history as experience, remembering experience. December, 1935: Resettled farm child. From Taos Junction to Bosque Farms project, New Mexico. Medium-format nitrate negative by Dorothea Lange for the Resettlement Administration. From the Shorpy website.

new site photos: the latvian national ballet

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New photos on the site are of dancers from the Latvian National Ballet, shot by Anna Jurkovska. Anna lives in Riga and is working on a longterm project documenting the company backstage, in rehearsal and in performance. The project, which she hopes to publish as a book, is called Sotto Voce. Anna has posted a lot of her project photos here. She has also photographed the Latvian National Ballet’s performance of Swan Lake, which you can view here. You should take a look at her photos of India, too.

LNO onstage

two photos for sunday

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By Jamie Hawkesworth.

today’s daily snap: in uzbekistan

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Selling apples in the republic of Uzbekistan. Snapped by Grant Faint.

audrey hepburn by vivian maier

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Audrey Hepburn at the Chicago premiere of ‘My Fair Lady’ at the RKO Palace Theatre. October 23, 1964. Vivian Maier.

the absolute best vivian maier photo

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Florida, January 9, 1957. Vivian Maier.