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The Half: Photographs of Actors Preparing for the Stage | Vanity Fair

For 30 years Annand has been photographing actors and actresses in their dressing rooms before performances, capturing those final tense moments before the star hits the stage. It’s a moment filled with fear and anticipation, confidence and self-doubt, when the actor is not wholly himself but has not yet stepped out onto the stage to become his character. Below, a selection of the photographer’s work from his latest exhibition at the Idea Generation Gallery, which runs through April 8, and samples from his book The Half: Photographs of Actors Preparing for the Stage.

Can we just laugh at Colin Firth looking like a escapee from A Flock of Seagulls (who stole Adam Ant’s wardrobe) in that last pic?

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From photographer Hannah Price’s City of Brotherly Love project:

This project is a work in progress documenting a part of my life as an African-Mexican-American, transitioning from suburban Colorado to consistently being harassed on the streets of Philadelphia. These images are a response to my subjects looking at me, and myself as an artist looking back.

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art-history:

Leon Levinstein
[Street Scene: Young Man Fixing Hair in Window, New York City]  1970s
Gelatin silver print  35.6 x 28.2 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

turnabout:

life:

Certain photos capture more than a moment – they capture history.

Such classic images are special and rare… but what about the photos taken just before or after? LIFE.com scoured the magazine’s legendary archives to find these forgotten frames — pictures that were made often within seconds of “The Shot,” but wound up on the cutting-room floor.

Here, a look at nine famous LIFE images, each compared with a never-before-seen outtake from the same shoot. Side by side, each set offers a fascinating look into the way a single picture can inform our sense of history. 

The Life Tumblr is pretty awesome, anyway. But this slideshow is just cool. Well, if you’re a photography geek.

I kinda wish they just shared the contact sheets.

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todaysdocument:

“President Lyndon B. Johnson listens to tape sent by Captain Charles Robb from Vietnam, 07/31/1968”, Jack E. Kightlinger, Photographer

In this White House photo taken by Jack Kightlinger on July 31, 1968, President Lyndon Johnson listens to a tape recording from his son-in-law Capt. Charles Robb, who was a Marine Corps company commander in Vietnam.

The weight of the world.

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wolfissa:

By Alberto Sevenso

High speed photo of ink mixing with water.

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