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Preserved Moments of Historical Sass (Vol. 6)

sassy: adjective \ˈsa-sē\ impudent, lively, spirited, vigorous, distinctively smart and stylish, showing no respect for people in authority, saucy, pert, confident, chic. Glamour in the face of war 1940s, found here. Amateur Hour, The Apollo Theater, Harlem 1981, photograph by Steve Saphiro found here Seattle, Washington. 1953. Members of the Seattle Tubing Society, photograph…

Vintage Muse du Jour: Lauren Bacall

Sometimes I get a little … well, bored with today’s celebrities. And then I start looking for a silver screen starlet to re-discover. With that unmistakable “one is not amused” sultry gaze and those unforgettable eyebrows, today I pick Lauren Bacall… If looks could kill … (or melt your heart)… Lauren was 19 years-old when she…

The Oil Man

“I‘m a pimp. I sell it and I’ve still got it. So that makes me a pimp.” Step into the world of Jim Rodgers. He’s in one of the oldest professions and he’s doing it the ‘old school’ way. In fact, Jim likes everything old, except his women. Filmed in Kilgore, Texas in the good…

How he Made it: A Short History of Wes Anderson’s Career

Last week, the internet was buzzing with Wes Anderson fever as the trailer was released for his newest contribution to cinema, The Grand Budapest Hotel. Sensing that us Wes Anderson-crazed fans might not be able to hold out until the film’s release date in March 2014, the kind folks behind the Wes Anderson Collection book…

The Most Quoted Man in News (who is now Banned from Newspapers)

With no special skill or expertise, Greg Parker’s campaign to be the most quoted man in news has been so successful that the Associated Press sent its staff a memo that essentially banned interviews with him. That hasn’t stopped Greg’s “career.” Individually, his quotes are utterly unremarkable, but, considered as a whole, they add up to…

Please, Come into my Magical Manhattan Home

So there’s this guy that lives in a storefront in East Village on 7th. With the door always ajar and Frank Sinatra playing on a record player from inside, the place appears to be a vintage shop selling all sorts of oddities and collectables. But Anthony Pisano doesn’t sell anything. He just likes to meet…

Girls on Bikes

There aren’t enough girls on bikes. If I ever see one, I have to stop and wonder, sort of like when you see a female taxi driver. There is something seriously inspiring and powerful about a woman taking over what society still assumes is a man’s territory. Photographer and motorcyclist herself, Lanakila MacNaughton is looking for…

The Photographer on the Bridge: 50 Years of Undiscovered Street Snaps

The photographs of Arthur Fields are hiding all over Ireland; perhaps buried in an old dusty box, forgotten in a once treasured photo album or still close to heart in the breast pocket of someone’s coat. For fifty years, seven days a week, 365 days a year, Arthur stood on the same bridge in Dublin taking…

Norma Jean, Not Marilyn

“For hours she danced and sang and flirted and did this thing that’s—she did Marilyn Monroe. The white wine helped things along. Then there was the inevitable drop … she sat in the corner like a child, with everything gone. I wouldn’t photograph her without her knowledge of it. And as I came with the camera, I saw…

An Unknown Bob Dylan & friends at Summer Festivals of the 1960s

While thousands storm the famous muddy fields of Glastonbury for its annual music festival this week, why don’t we turn back the clock to the summertime festivals gone by, when Bob Dylan’s words weren’t yet American anthems, hipster was just another name for a jazz musician and the music seemed to have just a little…

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