I just discovered (by way of Pinterest, of course) the incredible Polish photographer Małgorzata Maj, who publishes her work under the name Sarachmet. Her portraits are a loving homage to her Victorian predecessors (on her deviantART profile she cites Lady Clementina Hawarden and Julia Margaret Cameron as influences), as well as painters of ages ( Read more... )

When this intriguing portrait turned up in my Pintrest feed, it reminded me so much of the work of Victorian photographer and friend to the Pre-Raphaelites Julia Margaret Cameron that I assumed it must be vintage. However, after tracking back endlessly through Tumblr to get some hint at its origin (would it kill people to credit where they found ( Read more... )

Late night waiting for the train a couple of weeks ago, no book. Took some pictures because I didn't have anything better to do. None of them are spectacular, but a few turned out somewhat of interestingly. I like these stairs, which I have walked up and down countless times but never really considered from an aesthetic or compositional ( Read more... )

Can any of you Mid-Atlantic folks ID this building? We were all singularly disturbed by it as it loomed behind the trees lining the highway, so I photographed it and determined to find out why it was there. I took this right before we passed the exit for Chevy Chase, MD, so that should give you a general idea of it's location. After we went a ( Read more... )

I was very worried this morning as I waded across the parking lot through thigh-high drifts of snow towards the bus stop...but thankfully the bus came almost immediately and got me to the subway without mishap. There is much less snow outside of my house than at my job, but there's still a fair amount:


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I ran across some lovely new (to me at least) Lily Cole photos. They are so nice, in fact, that rather than make a whole new entry for them, I've gone back to my original Lily post and added them there, replacing some of the ones I'd included previously (even with a paid account I worry about my Photobucket storage space sometimes.) I hope you'll ( Read more... )

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Okay, you must forgive my late night ranting...here are some pretty pictures to make up for it ^_^


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