Interesting Old Photos, Resurrected

Posted by: Kevin-W on 23 January 2015

I think the original thread - one of my favourites on the forum, and clearly enjoyed by others - got locked because of Hopeless' sheer brilliance.

So I thought it would be worth resurrecting it. To get things going, how about this wonderful 1946 pic by Horst P Horst of the American socialite Babe Paley. I love the colour palette, the light, the bokeh, the composition and the vulnerability the photographer draws out of his subject. At the V&A's recent, superb Horst exhibition, this was one of he standout pictures - it was a very large photo.

Posted on: 30 January 2015 by Kevin-W

I always think women with cameras (and guitars, and cigarettes) look really sexy. Here's the brilliant Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann, in 1965, on the set of Bergman's Persona, with her Leica:

Posted on: 30 January 2015 by Cbr600

Originally Posted by winkyincanada:

These are of interest to me, becuase the photographer is my great uncle, Henry Winkelmann. That's him with the bike in the first photo with the bike.

Winky, love the photo of the gent and cycle. Sounds like your great uncle was the Fonz !

Posted on: 30 January 2015 by George J

Dear Winki,

I hate to say this, but that bike is far too large!

By the way, I now have a quality cycle that I really can stand over! A hand-built Raleigh [from the same works as the Carlton of course] that has almost as much grace as the my old Carlton. Shimano six speed [dual front chainwheels] with indexed Shimano 105 groups throughout and Mavic rims sitting on Campagnolo hubs, which are either Chorus or Triomphe. They are identical to my Triomphe hubs on my Winter wheels on the Carlton, but there were the same hubs on either groupset.

I was going to finesse the cycle and present it to my nephew as a gift, but he would not get it. Old scrap to a youngster, so I'll freshen her up and have two lovely cycle.

Amazing that though the frame is Reynold 531, it is about two and half pounds heavier than the Carlton made of Reynolds 501. That is weird but 501 is very much under-rated also.

Lovely photos all together!

Thanks from George

Posted on: 30 January 2015 by Kevin-W

Originally Posted by winkyincanada:

These are of interest to me, becuase the photographer is my great uncle, Henry Winkelmann. That's him with the bike in the first photo with the bike.

Winky, you may be interested to know that something very like your uncle's pic was used on a record sleeve - "Smiling Monarchs" b/w "Benway's Carnival", a 12" single (1985) on Factory (FAC 117) by the American group Abcdearians.... I wonder if it is from the same series?

Posted on: 30 January 2015 by Cbr600

Originally Posted by George J:

Dear Winki,

I hate to say this, but that bike is far too large!

I was going to finesse the cycle and present it to my nephew as a gift, but he would not get it. Old scrap to a youngster, so I'll freshen her up and have two lovely cycle.

Amazing that though the frame is Reynold 531, it is about two and half pounds heavier than the Carlton made of Reynolds 501. That is weird but 501 is very much under-rated also.

Lovely photos all together!

Thanks from George

Looking at the bike photo again, it appears to be an early "fixie" with no brakes

Posted on: 30 January 2015 by fatcat

Originally Posted by kuma:

Here are more.

Russo-Japanese War in Colour

Thanks Kuma, lots of nice photos, not a painting amongst them.

Given the ships haven't sunk very far, the water must be very shallow.

Posted on: 30 January 2015 by fatcat

Originally Posted by Kevin-W:

Originally Posted by winkyincanada:

Originally Posted by BigH47:

fatcat , maybe from a balloon, but I can't imagine being able to capture that much "action" in those days with the available equipment.

Although the Brownie was available then I believe.

It doesn't look like a photo to me. More like an artist's rendtion.

I agree Winky. I don't think it's a photo either.

You're correct, it is a painting. I used googles photo search tool and discovered it was painted by Norman Wilkinson and is owned by the museum of fine art in Boston.

Although technically I posted an image of a photograph or to be more accurate a lantern slide.

Posted on: 30 January 2015 by Kevin-W

A great photo by Kevin Cummins of Joy Division in 1979, with the band looking more relaxed than usual, and in a different setting.

As a side note I was having a drink with Kevin earlier this week, and the conversation turned, perhaps inevitably, to the subject of Joy Division. For such a famous band, there are remarkably few photos of them; and even fewer professionally-taken ones (at least 90% are by Cummins or Anton Cjorbin), and all of them, apart from not-terribly-good snaps by fans, the band or friends and family, are in monochrome.

Did he take any colour ones, I asked? Kevin said no - because the only outlet for his work was the weekly music press, which was then of course entirely printed in black and white; using colour film would have been a waste of money. A French photographer may have taken some for a Francophone magazine, but these seem to have disappeared.

Posted on: 01 February 2015 by Kevin-W

This group photo of various artists and poets was taken by Lee Miller, in Picasso's studio in Paris in 1944, the day after the city was liberated.

Back row - Lee Miller (still in her army uniform), Roland Penrose, Louis Aragon; Front row - Picasso, Nusch and Paul Eluard and Elsa Triolet.

Posted on: 02 February 2015 by JamieWednesday

Posted on: 02 February 2015 by BigH47

Sublime.

Posted on: 02 February 2015 by Kevin-W

Who took that Auschwitz picture, Jaimie, and when?

Posted on: 02 February 2015 by JamieWednesday

Raymond Depardon in 1979 for Magnum

Chilling isn't it.

Posted on: 03 February 2015 by Kevin-W

Originally Posted by JamieWednesday:

Raymond Depardon in 1979 for Magnum

Chilling isn't it.

It certainly is.

Posted on: 03 February 2015 by Kevin-W

Originally Posted by JamieWednesday:

Raymond Depardon in 1979 for Magnum

Chilling isn't it.

It certainly is.

Posted on: 03 February 2015 by Kevin-W

Just for everyone shivering here in the UK, here's a pic from sometime in the 1920s, of some children paddling in the Trafalgar Square fountains during a heatwave...

Posted on: 04 February 2015 by fatcat

Originally Posted by Kevin-W:

Just for everyone shivering here in the UK, here's a pic from sometime in the 1920s, of some children paddling in the Trafalgar Square fountains during a heatwave...

Something similar.

One of my dads war time photos from Palestine. Who'd have thought fighting the Jewish insurgency could be so much fun.

Although I suppose compared to fighting in Europe it was a walk in the park.

Posted on: 08 February 2015 by Kevin-W

From the 1960s, here's Ingrid Bergman with (on the left), the greatest of all film directors, Jean Renoir; and (right) iconic French actor, Jean Gabin. I would love to know what the joke is.