Showing posts with label Portraits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Portraits. Show all posts

Friday, September 23, 2011

Portrayals of Marilyn Monroe in Pop Culture

Connie Stevens in The Sex Symbol (1974)

Catherine Hicks in Marilyn: The Untold Story (1980)

Mira Sorvino in Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996)

Poppy Montgomery in Blonde (2001)

Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge (2001)

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Monday, September 19, 2011

Amish Mugshots

Here are the booking photos of the eight members of an Amish sect who were ordered jailed by a Kentucky judge after they refused to pay fines for failing to affix orange safety triangles to their horse-drawn buggies. (via)






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Sunday, August 28, 2011

Black and White Portraits of the Homeless by Lee Jeffries

Lee Jeffries lives in Manchester in the United Kingdom. Close to the professional football circle, this artist starts to photograph sporting events. A chance meeting with a young homeless girl in the streets of London changes his artistic approach forever.

Lee Jeffries recalls that, initially, he had stolen a photo from this young homeless girl huddled in a sleeping bag. The photographer knew that the young girl had noticed him but his first reaction was to leave. He says that something made him stay and go and discuss with the homeless girl. His perception about the homeless completely changes. They become the subject of his art.

The models in his photographs are homeless people that he has met in Europe and in the United States: "Situations arose, and I made an effort to learn to get to know each of the subjects before asking their permission to do their portrait." From then onwards, his photographs portray his convictions and his compassion to the world. [via]






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