put together mosaic pieces.

“Wybierałam dziewczyny, które podobnie do mnie nie czuły się istotami pięknymi. Moje pierwsze portrety zdumiały mnie samą: ‘Przecież one są śliczne! Tylko nie znają samych siebie’”

“I’ve been chosing girls who - just like me - didn’t feel they’re beauties. My first portraits surprised myself: »These girls are so beautiful! They just don’t know themselves.«”

Portraits taken by Zofia Nasierowska [1931-2011], Polish photographer who was called the “queen of portraying the Polish stars”. Since 1956 she belonged to the Association of Polish Art Photographers [ZPAF].

Nasierowska’s work was said to be outstanding and thanks to unique techniques in the lighting setup she was able to bring up the beauty of the seemingly average-looking or bring encouragement the most shy models. Most of the shots taken by her became the iconic portraits of the Polish “PRL era” stars.

After 35 years of active work she stopped photographing due to a growing eye disease.

Actresses on the pictures:

Elżbieta Starostecka

Magdalena Zawadzka

Beata Tyszkiewicz

Elżbieta Czyżewska

Barbara Brylska

Pola Raksa

Anna Nehrebecka

Małgorzata Braunek

Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass

Irena Karel

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse Rising over Mono Lake;

Nakamura Asumiko’s popular BL manga and drama CD「Doukyuusei」was announced to be animated by A-1 Pictures! The cast of the drama CD will be returning to voice their characters in the upcoming anime.

Cast:

Kusakabe Hikaru (CV: Kamiya Hiroshi)

Itchiku Kubota [during the 1970’s and 80’s] made his artistic Kimono inspired by Tsujigahana, a long lost XVIth century technique he spent 30 years re-inventing, to create “Itchiku Tsujigahana”.  After many trials and errors, at age 60, Itchiku finally discovered a technique to revive Tsujigahana which he named “Itchiku Tsujigahana” : a perfect marriage between past and present as homage to a historical and admired technique.

Original art by 羅雨時