self-portrait

vivian maier

 

self-portrait

vivian maier

 

robert smith

tom sheehan

 

cat deneuve with cat

by paul popper

 

self-portrait

vivian maier

 

peter hammill

by al stewart

 

self-portrait

vivian maier

 

retrato de simonetta vespucci

sandro botticelli

nicole kidman

by peter lindbergh

[auto-retrato alheio]

há palavras que nos beijam como se tivessem boca, confessava o o'neill.

e há palavras que são sombras de árvores ou um bálsamo da terra,

um pressentimento de espuma, um incêndio do tacto, uma reverência

ao desconhecido, admitia o ramos rosa. eu sou bem mais prosaico.

para mim (perdoa-me, mãe), com três letrinhas apenas se escrevem

algumas das palavras maiores que o mundo tem. e entre essas há 

aquelas que nos obrigam a elevar o olhar, admirando-as com 

reverência no plano superior em que se encontram. corações ao alto.

( fotografia de vitorino coragem )

[retrato do artista quando jovem]

prova em colódio húmido, envernizada, sobre folha de alumínio

{ retrato do artista enquanto jovem }

andré tecedeiro

josé luís

auto-retrato aos 26 anos

albrecht dürer

" lunchtime atop a skyscraper "

(construção do edifício rca, new york, 1932)

fotógrafo desconhecido

"It’s the most perilous yet playful lunch break ever captured: 11 men casually eating, chatting and sneaking a smoke as if they weren’t 840 feet above Manhattan with nothing but a thin beam keeping them aloft, with Central Park behind – and low. That comfort is real; the men are among the construction workers who helped build Rockefeller Center. But the picture, taken on the 69th floor of the flagship RCA Building (now the GE Building), was staged as part of a promotional campaign for the massive skyscraper complex. While the photographer and the identities of most of the subjects remain a mystery—the photographers Charles C. Ebbets, Thomas Kelley and William Leftwich were all present that day, and it’s not known which one took it—there isn’t an ironworker in New York City who doesn’t see the picture as a badge of their bold tribe. In that way they are not alone. By thumbing its nose at both danger and the Depression, Lunch Atop a Skyscraper came to symbolize American resilience and ambition at a time when both were desperately needed. It has since become an iconic emblem of the city in which it was taken, affirming the romantic belief that New York is a place unafraid to tackle projects that would cow less brazen cities. And like all symbols in a city built on hustle, Lunch Atop a Skyscraper has spawned its own economy. It is the Corbis photo agency’s most reproduced image. And good luck walking through Times Square without someone hawking it on a mug, magnet or T-shirt."

auto-retrato aos 28 anos

albrecht dürer

- o meu retrato -

[ uma pequena obra-prima realizada pela mariana_a_miserável ]

natalie wood

frank worth

festeja hoje cem risonhos outonos o imortal francis albert sinatra,

provavelmente a melhor voz de todos os tempos da canção popular.

muitos parabéns frank, que contes muitos!

frank sinatra

william gottlieb

neil young

henry diltz

james dean

frank worth