Mrs. Henry White, John Singer Sargent, 1883
Giovanni Boldini - The Actress Rejane And Her Dog, 1885
52 incredible vintage mugshots of New Castle, Pennsylvania, from between the 1930s-40s.
BEAUTIFUL PORTRAITS OF ALBINOS BY GUSTAVO LACERDA
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“ca. 1870, [carte de visite portrait of albino performer Aggie Zolidra in a flower headband], J. Wood
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ca. 1870, [carte de visite portrait of albino performer Aggie Zolidra in a flower headband], J. Wood
via the Ronald G. Becker Collection of Charles Eisenmann Photographs, Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Library
Flemish photographer Sanne De Wilde created portraits of Albinos for her series ‘Snow White.’
She states: “Albinos, like photographic material, are light sensitive. Light leaves an irreversible imprint on their body. This whiteness that makes them stand out, when captured in an image, almost makes them dissolve, consumed by the light. Their eyes can hardly bear it. They are a metaphor, a symbol for stereotypes, they magnify the erroneous idea of human weaknesses and physical fragility but also that of invincible beauty. Touched by their breath-taking vulnerability, in this series, I try to create a powerful impression of this fragile white beauty.”
Anka Zhuravleva
@postcards-from-absurdlandAlbinism in a family. Robert (above) and Annie Roy (middle) and their son K.C. (below). The Journal of heredity. 1914.