11.21.2008



felice beato

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1825 - 1908

Beato was a war photographer
and one of the first to take
pictures of east asia.

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the muted colors
are incredible.

16 comments:

Anonymous said...

Very beautiful and surreal photographs.
Thank you for setting the aesthetic mood for the weekend.GC

Erica Kelly said...

the last one is marvelous - thanks for sharing ;)

Ritva said...

after a hard week- you ease my soul

Anonymous said...

female entertainers, musicians and dancers...they were the wild women of their day...now we have Madonna and Britney...Hmmmmm where exactly ARE we headed?LKB

malo said...

Beautiful, beautiful pictures of a time long gone. There is nothing more melancholy.

Gretchen said...

stunning photographs. love the lavender/blue/red ensemble in last one...

Anonymous said...

wow
beautiful stuff

timb said...

they're black and white images that have been hand coloured.

Anonymous said...

Yeah, what Timb said. You knew these had been hand-painted, right?

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

wonderful pics
i love it

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

I liked the comments
Amazinly combined colors in the cushions. Liked a lot...