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a storefront with two chairs in front of it and the words lie down i think love you
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Love the name of this shop in London!
a woman with dark hair and blue eyes wearing a black fur coat, posing for the camera
La Femme Fatale - BTS Fashion Photo Shoot with Julia Kuzmenko McKim
La Femme Fatale - BTS Fashion Photo Shoot with Julia Kuzmenko McKim
an old photo of a woman wearing a mask and holding a pair of glasses to her face
Scherzo di Follia Pierre-Louis Pierson 1865 The "selfie" is decidedly un-original. Selfies in photography were first marketed by Virginia Elisabetta Luisa Antonietta Teresa Maria Oldoini Countess of Castiglione (1837-1899). She was born in Florence to a family of minor nobility but with many opportunities. Known as Nicchia she was married at 17 to a man of 34. They had one son (there seem to be photos of them together). Nicchia was promptly moved to France where she was expected to wield her influence to persuade Napoleon III to help with Italian unityand persuade him she did. Within weeks she became his mistress causing a scandal and separation from her husband. During her affair she had her portrait taken by Pierre-Louis Pierson (1822-1913) at the height of the photographic boom that hit fashionable Paris. For her it was the start of something much greater. Pierson and the Countess would go on to collaborate on 400 to 700 portraits (sources differ) spanning more than three decades of her life. She staged complete sets poses costumes and everything. She was the dominant figure in the process while Pierre-Louis was allowed only to press the shutter and develop the prints. All parts of the process were bound by a contract. Virginia owned the process and even the finished photograph which was highly uncommon. Usually the photographer is the owner of his own work. The Countess had images of her naked legs and feet taken causing yet another scandal. She further scandalized Parisian society when she posed as a corpse sitting on a couch. But then it began to be apparent that she was ill. Her schizophrenic personality wrapped around her like the layers in her photographs. She kept on reinventing herself as a person as well as her photographs but also spiraling down because of her illness. After 1879 she spent her years in a darkened room blinds drawn leaving only during the night. She died aged 62 and was buried at the Père Lachaise Cemetery Paris.
an empty room with benches and a cross
Kirchenzentrum
church in uetikon, switzerland by daniele marques © ruedi walti
some white steps in an empty room with concrete walls and columns on either side, leading up to the second floor
Immanuel Church and Parish Centre by Sauerbruch Hutton
Immanuel Church and Parish Centre by Sauerbruch Hutton